Yani Continues Her Good Play

Although there's still a lot of golf left in the round as I'm writing this, it's clear that Yani Tseng is carrying those good feelings from last week into this week's HSBC Women's Champions event.



The Serapong Course is proving to be more difficult than many of the players expected -- either that or a huge number of them are suddenly struggling with their games. Perhaps the heat is just taking its toll... but the course is beautiful, especially if you're facing cold weather here in the US. Hopefully the LPGA leaderboard will be updated by the time you read this; at the time I'm writing, it's hopelessly behind and the only way to keep up with the score is through the TV broadcast.

At this moment Inbee Park leads at -6 and Angela Stanford is second at -5. And sitting at -4 (T3) after 14 holes is Yani, tied with Mariajo Uribe, Lydia Ko and Hee Young Park, who are at various points in their round. Yani seems relaxed and is playing briskly, the way she did back when she was so dominant.

Best of all, the cameras have caught Yani with a big smile on her face. That doesn't bode well for the rest of the field going forward! ;-)

MORNING UPDATE: Yani finished her first round tied for the lead at -6.