RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Yani Tseng got a good laugh when she walked past the pond where she celebrated her Kraft Nabisco Championship victory last year by leaping into the water — and then remembering she doesn’t know how to swim.
Tseng survived that traditional plunge and swam all the way to the world No. 1 ranking after winning the LPGA Tour’s first major of the year at Mission Hills in 2010.
“I feel really excited to come back, especially walking on the 18th hole,” Tseng said. “I see my name was on the walk of champions. It was so exciting, brings me a lot of good memories, and then I just came over, and that’s the water I jumped in. My caddie threw a coin to wish I could win the tournament this week, too.”
She’ll try to defend her title against a field featuring seven past champions, including two-time champ Karrie
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