(1 August 2011 – Angus, Scotland)
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Rolex World No.1 Yani Tseng again proved why she is the dominant force in women&aposs golf by securing a four shot win at the RICOH Women&aposs British Open at Carnoustie in Scotland. In doing so, at 22 years, 6 months and 8 days, she became the youngest player in history, male or female, to win five major championships. America’s Brittany Lang made a final-nine charge to finish in outright second with Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson alone in third.
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rnTseng trailed Germany’s Caroline Masson by two shots going into the final round. A round which was played in the most blustery conditions forced players to buckle down with Tseng collecting six birdies and three bogeys to finish at 16-under par after rounds of 71, 66, 66 and 69.
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rnWith the win, Tseng made it four victories from the last eight Majors and became only the third woman to successfully defend the title that she won 12 months previously at Royal Birkdale. Afterwards she said, “It feels really good. I played so consistently today and I enjoyed the crowd here. It’s so great making history on this golf course and I feel wonderful right now. It’s my honour to win the British Open again.”
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rnBoth Tseng and Masson got off to indifferent starts, Tseng making bogey on the first hole while Masson did the same at the 2nd and 3rd holes. A birdie by Tseng at the third saw her join Masson in the lead, and it already looked like the occasion had gotten the LET rookie. She continued to struggle and carded six bogeys and a double, but closed with two birdies 
for a 78, 10 shots worse than her score the previous day. With prizemoney of €71,546.79, Masson moved to second on the Henderson Money List behind the Evian Masters champion, Ai Miyazato.
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rnTseng said that Masson would learn from her experience: “She will learn from her mistakes and every great player goes through that. It’s not a big deal. You try your best and I’ve lost lots of times too.”
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rnTseng added a birdie on the 6th hole to take the outright lead and then bookended back-to-back bogeys on the 12th and 13th with birdies on the 11th and 14th holes to keep the field at bay. She stood on the 17th tee with a two-shot cushion 
and in fitting style added two birdies to finish off a fine week of controlled aggression.
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rnTseng wore a pink shirt for the final round, paired with white shorts and a white pullover, despite the chilly conditions, and she explained that it had become a tradition: “I tell my friends to wear pink on Sunday to support me and I think people will put it on Facebook.”
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rnScores were generally low during the week with American Katie Futcher tying the Ladies European Tour’s record for a nine-hole total with her back nine score of 29 on her way to a final round of 64 which catapulted her from a tie for 64th into a tie for 14th.
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rnIt was a disappointing week for the ALPG contingent with only Karrie Webb making the cut from the 10 who started. Webb finished in a credible tie for 22nd but never really got going with scores of 70, 71, 72 & 72. Afterwards when asked about whether she was disappointed with her week, she said, “I’m a little disappointed – I think the course suited my game really well and I thought I&aposd have a good chance to win. I don&apost know if I would have been at 13 or 15 under but hoped I would have been close to the lead.”