Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) Yani Tseng of Taiwan, currently the world's No. 1 woman golfer, shot a two-under-par 70 to finish two shots behind Japan's Chie Arimura after the first round of the HSBC Women's Champions tournament Thursday in Singapore.
Tseng, who is looking for her fourth straight win in as many weeks, had six birdies and four bogeys to finish the day. She is tied for third with Karrie Webb of Australia, Sun Young Yoo of South Korea and Karen Stupples of Great Britain.
Na Yeon Choi of South Korea was second with 69 at the Tanah Merah Country Club, while world No. 2 Jiyai Shin of South Korea is tied for seventh with five other players.
Tseng hopes to capture another victory in the US$1. 4 million LPGA event. She has won four consecutive titles this year, including the Taifong Ladies Open in Taiwan, the Australian Women's Open, the ANZ Ladies Masters and the Honda LPGA Thailand last week. (By Chris Wang) enditem/ly