LPGA major champion leaning on winning experience in title defense

As she seeks to defend her LPGA major title this week, Korea's Amy Yang will lean on her winning experience from a year ago. Yang will try to win her second straight title at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, which will tee off Thursday at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco in Frisco, northeast Texas. In her pretournament press conference Wednesday, Yang said she was "very excited to come back" as the defending champion. "Been preparing really well with my team and really looking forward to teeing off tomorrow," the 35-year-old said. Yang won the 2024 title for her maiden major in her 75th try. She admitted to battling moments of self-doubt, and emerging as the winner at the end taught her some valuable lessons. "I came very close to (winning) many major championships and never won before, so on Saturday night (before last year's final round), I was very nervous, and I was questioning myself, 'Can I do it this time?'" Yang said. "I just told myself, 'Go out tomorrow and just embrace everything and see what's going to happen.' That experience taught me that I can still do it. If you have dreWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times