YANI TSENG HAS MIXED LUCK IN USA ATHLETE OF YEAR POLLS
FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
Ricoh Women's British Open Championship winner at Carnoustie last summer, Yani Tseng won two majors in all and seven in total LPGA Tour events (and five additional events) in 2011, but it wasn't enough to break into the top three in the Associated Press's Female Athlete of the Year vote.
The winner was U.S. women's soccer team striker Abby Wambach who received 65 of the 214 votes cast, while team-mate Hope Solo (38) was a distant second and UConn basketball star Maya Moore (35) was third.
EDITOR'S NOTE: So what does this prove? That women's pro golf - and the dominance of it by players from South Korea and all points East - is not as popular as we think? Or that the people who voted in this poll wouldn't know a green from a cabbage?
ANOTHER USA POLL MANAGED TO GET IT RIGHT
DAPHNE, Alabama - The world's No.1-ranked women's golfer, Yani Tseng, is the United States Sports Academy's 2011 Female Athlete of the Year. This top-ranked stand-out, who dominated her sport during the past season, was chosen by hundreds of thousands of sports fans worldwide in online balloting. It is the 27th consecutive year that the Academy has conducted the Athlete of the Year award in conjunction with USA Today and NBC Sports.
Tseng, a Taiwanese golfer, had a history-making season. She claimed her fifth major championship this year at the age of 22, making her the youngest golfer, male or female, to do so.
Tseng made history by winning the Women's British Open at Carnoustie. When Se Ri Pak (LPGA) and Tiger Woods (US PGA) won their fourth major titles, they were both 24 years old. Tseng's victory in the Women's British Open was her second straight and at the time the victory was her fourth out of the last five women's major tournaments.
This year, Tseng finished No. 1 in scoring average, driving distance, birdies and rounds under par en route to her second consecutive Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Player of the Year award.
The world's No. 1-ranked women's golfer recorded seven LPGA titles, including two majors, plus won four other international events.
The Athlete of the Year ballot is the culmination of the Academy's yearlong Athlete of the Month program, which recognises the accomplishments of men and women in sports around the globe.
Each month, the public is invited to participate in the worldwide Athlete of the Month nomination and ballot voting processes done online. The votes, along with the Academy's selection committee, choose the male and female winners. The United States Sports Academy is an independent, non-profit, accredited, special mission sports university created to serve the nation and world with programs in instruction, research, and service.
The role of the Academy is to prepare men and women for careers in the profession of sports. For more information about the Academy, call 251-626-3303 or visit www.ussa.edu
Ricoh Women's British Open Championship winner at Carnoustie last summer, Yani Tseng won two majors in all and seven in total LPGA Tour events (and five additional events) in 2011, but it wasn't enough to break into the top three in the Associated Press's Female Athlete of the Year vote.
The winner was U.S. women's soccer team striker Abby Wambach who received 65 of the 214 votes cast, while team-mate Hope Solo (38) was a distant second and UConn basketball star Maya Moore (35) was third.
EDITOR'S NOTE: So what does this prove? That women's pro golf - and the dominance of it by players from South Korea and all points East - is not as popular as we think? Or that the people who voted in this poll wouldn't know a green from a cabbage?
ANOTHER USA POLL MANAGED TO GET IT RIGHT
DAPHNE, Alabama - The world's No.1-ranked women's golfer, Yani Tseng, is the United States Sports Academy's 2011 Female Athlete of the Year. This top-ranked stand-out, who dominated her sport during the past season, was chosen by hundreds of thousands of sports fans worldwide in online balloting. It is the 27th consecutive year that the Academy has conducted the Athlete of the Year award in conjunction with USA Today and NBC Sports.
Tseng made history by winning the Women's British Open at Carnoustie. When Se Ri Pak (LPGA) and Tiger Woods (US PGA) won their fourth major titles, they were both 24 years old. Tseng's victory in the Women's British Open was her second straight and at the time the victory was her fourth out of the last five women's major tournaments.
This year, Tseng finished No. 1 in scoring average, driving distance, birdies and rounds under par en route to her second consecutive Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Player of the Year award.
The world's No. 1-ranked women's golfer recorded seven LPGA titles, including two majors, plus won four other international events.
The Athlete of the Year ballot is the culmination of the Academy's yearlong Athlete of the Month program, which recognises the accomplishments of men and women in sports around the globe.
Each month, the public is invited to participate in the worldwide Athlete of the Month nomination and ballot voting processes done online. The votes, along with the Academy's selection committee, choose the male and female winners. The United States Sports Academy is an independent, non-profit, accredited, special mission sports university created to serve the nation and world with programs in instruction, research, and service.
The role of the Academy is to prepare men and women for careers in the profession of sports. For more information about the Academy, call 251-626-3303 or visit www.ussa.edu
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