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Yani Tseng

Chinese Taipei · born , Guishan Township, Taoyuan County (now Guishan District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan

5major championships

Summary

  • First major 2008 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
  • Last major 2011 AIG Women's Open
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

  1. 1st major · 2008 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Bulle Rock Golf Course · 276 (-12) · Playoff – sudden death: Tseng won with a birdie on the fourth extra hole from Maria Hjorth
  2. 2nd major · 2010 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 275 (-13) · 1 stroke from Suzann Pettersen
  3. 3rd major · 2010 AIG Women's Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · 277 (-11) · 1 stroke from Katherine Hull
  4. 4th major · 2011 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Locust Hill Country Club · 269 (-19) · 10 strokes from Morgan Pressel
  5. 5th major · 2011 AIG Women's Open Carnoustie Golf Links · 272 (-16) · 4 strokes from Brittany Lang

Near misses

  1. 2008 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Jiyai Shin
  2. 2011 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Stacy Lewis

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Jiyai Shin's rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    2011 AIG Women's Open

    Carnoustie Golf Links · 272 (-16) · 4 strokes from Brittany Lang

    Chosen by rule: her most recent major win. Year page: 2011.

    Career line, 2008–2011

    Chevron Championship
    2010 Chevron Championship: won2011 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Stacy Lewis
    Women's PGA
    2008 Women's PGA: won2011 Women's PGA: won
    Women's Open
    2008 Women's Open: runner-up to Jiyai Shin2010 Women's Open: won2011 Women's Open: won
    200820102012

    7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up

    Yani Tseng was born in 1989 in Guishan Township, Taoyuan County (now Guishan District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan. Tseng won 5 major championships: 1 Chevron Championship (2010), 2 Women's PGA Championships (2008, 2011) and 2 Women's British Opens (2010, 2011).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (5)

    1. 1st major · 2008 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Bulle Rock Golf Course · 276 (-12) · Playoff – sudden death: Tseng won with a birdie on the fourth extra hole from Maria Hjorth
    2. 2nd major · 2010 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 275 (-13) · 1 stroke from Suzann Pettersen
    3. 3rd major · 2010 AIG Women's Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · 277 (-11) · 1 stroke from Katherine Hull
    4. 4th major · 2011 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Locust Hill Country Club · 269 (-19) · 10 strokes from Morgan Pressel
    5. 5th major · 2011 AIG Women's Open Carnoustie Golf Links · 272 (-16) · 4 strokes from Brittany Lang

    Same-year majors ordered by final round; undated ones by calendar position.

    Near misses

    1. 2008 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Jiyai Shin
    2. 2011 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Stacy Lewis

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Yani Tseng
    2. Wikipedia: Women's PGA Championship
    3. Wikipedia: 2008 LPGA Championship
    4. Wikipedia: Chevron Championship
    5. Wikipedia: 2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship
    6. Wikipedia: 2010 Women's British Open
    7. Wikipedia: Women's British Open
    8. aigwomensopen.com: records
    9. lpga.com: british history — link no longer works (checked October 20, 2026): https://lpga.com/news/british-history
    10. Wikipedia: 2011 LPGA Championship
    11. Wikipedia: 2011 Women's British Open