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Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Yealimi Noh, who stuck with the broomstick putter, is tied for lead at U.S. Women's Open
ERIN, Wis. — It's been about two years since Yealimi Noh switched to a broomstick putter. Both her father and coach suggested that she give it a try after several months of struggling with the yips. 'I didn't know what to do, and I just needed something completely different,' said Noh, who holds a share of the first-round lead at the 80th U.S. Women's Open after an opening 4-under 68. Noh is one of four players who finished a mostly calm morning wave knotted at the top of the board. She's joined by 2020 U.S. Women's Open champ A Lim Kim, hotshot rookie Rio Takeda and the promising young South Korean, Jinhee Im. Advertisement The yips have been a hot topic this week as former No. 1 Yani Tseng is here putting left-handed. Noh actually tried that too a few weeks ago just by chance on the practice putting green. 'I was like, oh it's actually better than you think,' she said. 'It's not as crazy as it looks.' Noh, who holed out for eagle from 42 yards on the par-5 14th, took 28 putts in the opening round with the L.A.B. putter that helped turn around her game. Noh ranked 130th in putts per green in regulation on tour in 2022 and 102nd in 2023. She finished last season ranked 30th in putts per GIR. In February, Noh won for the first time on the LPGA in her 111th career start at the Founders Cup. The victory boosted her confidence and took 'a lot of pressure off my back.' Advertisement California's Noh actually has some good history here in Wisconsin, where she reports that she's enjoying her cheese. Yealimi Noh hands the ball to her caddie after getting a bogey win the ninth hole during the first round of the 2025 U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills. After turning professional at age 17 without status on any tour, the former U.S. Girls' Junior champ Monday-qualified her way into the 2019 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. After opening rounds of 63-65, Noh found herself in the final pairing. 'I don't think I could have started my career any better,' said Noh of her first LPGA start, which resulted in a top 10. She was supremely confident and fearless back then, blissfully unaware of how cruel the game can become. Now, at age 23, she's already wise enough to be grateful for the speedbumps that led her to the first-round lead of a major. Advertisement Other players asked to try out her long putter before she won a tournament and rose to No. 18 in the world, and these days, it happens on a weekly basis. 'Some players have already asked me about it,' said Noh, 'can I try it again? I'm like you asked me this a couple months ago. Now they're like, oh, can I like try it, try it?' Should she go on to win this week at Erin Hills, long putters might become all the rage. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Yealimi Noh and broomstick putter tied for lead U.S. Women's Open
South Wales Guardian
6 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Yani Tseng hopes to rediscover ‘passion' at US Open after overcoming the yips
Tseng burst onto the scene in 2008 by winning the Women's PGA Championship and collected all five of her majors in a four-year spell which saw her reach the top of the world rankings in 2011 and 2012. Three wins in the space of five weeks at the start of 2012 were her last to date on the LPGA however – she did win in her native Taiwan in 2014 – and Tseng's slow decline saw her slump outside the world's top 100 in 2017. Tseng stepped away from the sport for almost two full years in 2019 due to a combination of a back injury and the Covid-19 pandemic, and when she worked hard to return felt that her putting woes meant she effectively needed to hole her approach shots to make up any ground on the competition. 5-time major champion Yani Tseng … is right-handed. But the putting has been such a struggle lately that she's now putting left-handed. — Sean Zak (@Sean_Zak) April 24, 2025 After missing the cut in all nine LPGA Tour starts in 2021 Tseng did not compete on the circuit in 2022 or 2023, but returned in April's Chevron Championship, where her switch from putting right-handed to left-handed became apparent. 'I was struggling with my short putts right-handed,' Tseng told the USGA website during a practice round at Erin Hills ahead of the 80th US Women's Open. 'I had the yips.' Tseng began putting left-handed around six months ago and, using that technique, shot 70-71 in a 36-hole US Open qualifier at Arizona Country Club before claiming the only place in this week's field from a five-woman play-off. 'The passion never went away,' the 36-year-old added. 'The past few years I've been disappointed with my performance, but I love golf, I love competition, I love the people. 'I want to prove to myself that I can still be a player at this level. I want to see how far I can go.' If you watched Yani Tseng dominate the women's game more than a decade ago, winning five majors along the way, the sight of her putting left-handed is nothing short of stunning! She had the yips, and the change is giving her hope. — Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) April 25, 2025 As a past champion of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the AIG Women's Open, Tseng is eligible for those majors and plans to play them this year, at Fields Ranch East in Texas and Royal Porthcawl respectively. She has been working with coach Kristine Reese from the Vision 54 programme run by Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson, who can count Annika Sorenstam and former Solheim Cup captain Suzann Pettersen among their pupils. 'What I need to focus is inside myself,' Tseng said. 'I need to focus on what I can control, like holding my finish. 'I need to believe in myself. Doubt is the most scary thing. The mechanical and the mental feed off each other. 'Just be yourself, be who you are. Keep looking into yourself and seeing the good things. I tried to be perfect all the time. That's not a way to live.'
Glasgow Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Yani Tseng hopes to rediscover ‘passion' at US Open after overcoming the yips
Tseng burst onto the scene in 2008 by winning the Women's PGA Championship and collected all five of her majors in a four-year spell which saw her reach the top of the world rankings in 2011 and 2012. Three wins in the space of five weeks at the start of 2012 were her last to date on the LPGA however – she did win in her native Taiwan in 2014 – and Tseng's slow decline saw her slump outside the world's top 100 in 2017. Tseng stepped away from the sport for almost two full years in 2019 due to a combination of a back injury and the Covid-19 pandemic, and when she worked hard to return felt that her putting woes meant she effectively needed to hole her approach shots to make up any ground on the competition. 5-time major champion Yani Tseng … is right-handed. But the putting has been such a struggle lately that she's now putting left-handed. — Sean Zak (@Sean_Zak) April 24, 2025 After missing the cut in all nine LPGA Tour starts in 2021 Tseng did not compete on the circuit in 2022 or 2023, but returned in April's Chevron Championship, where her switch from putting right-handed to left-handed became apparent. 'I was struggling with my short putts right-handed,' Tseng told the USGA website during a practice round at Erin Hills ahead of the 80th US Women's Open. 'I had the yips.' Tseng began putting left-handed around six months ago and, using that technique, shot 70-71 in a 36-hole US Open qualifier at Arizona Country Club before claiming the only place in this week's field from a five-woman play-off. 'The passion never went away,' the 36-year-old added. 'The past few years I've been disappointed with my performance, but I love golf, I love competition, I love the people. 'I want to prove to myself that I can still be a player at this level. I want to see how far I can go.' If you watched Yani Tseng dominate the women's game more than a decade ago, winning five majors along the way, the sight of her putting left-handed is nothing short of stunning! She had the yips, and the change is giving her hope. — Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) April 25, 2025 As a past champion of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the AIG Women's Open, Tseng is eligible for those majors and plans to play them this year, at Fields Ranch East in Texas and Royal Porthcawl respectively. She has been working with coach Kristine Reese from the Vision 54 programme run by Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson, who can count Annika Sorenstam and former Solheim Cup captain Suzann Pettersen among their pupils. 'What I need to focus is inside myself,' Tseng said. 'I need to focus on what I can control, like holding my finish. 'I need to believe in myself. Doubt is the most scary thing. The mechanical and the mental feed off each other. 'Just be yourself, be who you are. Keep looking into yourself and seeing the good things. I tried to be perfect all the time. That's not a way to live.'
Rhyl Journal
6 days ago
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Yani Tseng hopes to rediscover ‘passion' at US Open after overcoming the yips
Tseng burst onto the scene in 2008 by winning the Women's PGA Championship and collected all five of her majors in a four-year spell which saw her reach the top of the world rankings in 2011 and 2012. Three wins in the space of five weeks at the start of 2012 were her last to date on the LPGA however – she did win in her native Taiwan in 2014 – and Tseng's slow decline saw her slump outside the world's top 100 in 2017. Tseng stepped away from the sport for almost two full years in 2019 due to a combination of a back injury and the Covid-19 pandemic, and when she worked hard to return felt that her putting woes meant she effectively needed to hole her approach shots to make up any ground on the competition. 5-time major champion Yani Tseng … is right-handed. But the putting has been such a struggle lately that she's now putting left-handed. — Sean Zak (@Sean_Zak) April 24, 2025 After missing the cut in all nine LPGA Tour starts in 2021 Tseng did not compete on the circuit in 2022 or 2023, but returned in April's Chevron Championship, where her switch from putting right-handed to left-handed became apparent. 'I was struggling with my short putts right-handed,' Tseng told the USGA website during a practice round at Erin Hills ahead of the 80th US Women's Open. 'I had the yips.' Tseng began putting left-handed around six months ago and, using that technique, shot 70-71 in a 36-hole US Open qualifier at Arizona Country Club before claiming the only place in this week's field from a five-woman play-off. 'The passion never went away,' the 36-year-old added. 'The past few years I've been disappointed with my performance, but I love golf, I love competition, I love the people. 'I want to prove to myself that I can still be a player at this level. I want to see how far I can go.' If you watched Yani Tseng dominate the women's game more than a decade ago, winning five majors along the way, the sight of her putting left-handed is nothing short of stunning! She had the yips, and the change is giving her hope. — Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) April 25, 2025 As a past champion of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the AIG Women's Open, Tseng is eligible for those majors and plans to play them this year, at Fields Ranch East in Texas and Royal Porthcawl respectively. She has been working with coach Kristine Reese from the Vision 54 programme run by Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson, who can count Annika Sorenstam and former Solheim Cup captain Suzann Pettersen among their pupils. 'What I need to focus is inside myself,' Tseng said. 'I need to focus on what I can control, like holding my finish. 'I need to believe in myself. Doubt is the most scary thing. The mechanical and the mental feed off each other. 'Just be yourself, be who you are. Keep looking into yourself and seeing the good things. I tried to be perfect all the time. That's not a way to live.'
NBC Sports
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Hope carries Tseng back to the U.S. Women's Open
Five-time major winner Yani Tseng returns to the big stage at the U.S. Women's Open, discussing how grateful she is to be competing for a major after dropping from the game's elite tier in 2012.
