Unstoppable Tseng notches her 11th victory

As Scottish duo Vikki Laing and Kylie Walker dropped down the leaderboard in the last round, the double Women’s British Open champion, still only 22 and with five majors to her name already, took the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open by seven strokes from Swede Pernilla Lindberg. Tseng was three clear going into the final round, but after stretching that to six after seven holes it was not quite the stroll that seemed likely.

Lindberg birdied the tenth, 13th and 14th to cut the gap to three, but Tseng showed her class with birdies of her own at the next two and with her playing partner bogeying the 16th it was effectively all over.

Another birdie at the last gave Tseng a second successive 66 and a 54-hole total of 200, 16 under par, while Lindberg’s 70 left her one in front of England’s Melissa Reid (68) and South African Lee-Anne Pace (70) in the European Ladies Tour-sanctioned event.

Tseng, now with 30 titles in four seasons as a professional, told the Tour website: “It’s very exciting. I made lots of good putts to save par, so I am proud of myself to finish six under on Sunday with no bogeys.

“I just play one shot at a time and be patient and keep learning. I just learn from mistakes.” She had to speak to the crowd about taking too many photographs on the 12th tee, but said: “Today there were lots of cameras and I tell myself, ‘Don’t worry about it’.

“I play like it’s normal because I’m happy to see them coming out.”

Laing and Walker were both handily placed after two rounds but closed with 77 and 79 to finish outside the top 30 on 216 and 217 respectively.