Yani Tseng: Will not be competing against the men at the PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Open next year.Women's world number one Yani Tseng is to turn down the opportunity to play at next year's Puerto Rico Open. The 22-year-old from Taiwan had been offered an invite to compete in the PGA Tour event which will take place at the Trump International Golf Club, Rio Grande in 2011.
Tseng herself had acknowledged she would like the chance to test herself against male players in a tournament at some stage in her career, but her camp insist it is still too early for such a step.
"We thank Sidney (Wolf, the tournament's general chairman), Chi Chi Rodriguez (the tournament's ambassador) and Puerto Rico for their interest, but it is too early in her career," stated Tseng's adviser Ernie Huang.
"Yani is still interested in men's tournaments, but not in the immediate future. "Yani Tseng's adviser Ernie Huang Quotes of the week
"Yani is still interested in men's tournaments, but not in the immediate future.
"She has other goals to accomplish, and she would like to remain focused on women's tournaments."
Responding to the news, Wolf said: "We made the offer for the right reasons. I was very happy that I was able to contact her team to give her the reasons for our invitation.
"We fully understand the decision. We want to thank everyone who was supportive of this opportunity."
Tseng is enjoying a quite remarkable season on the women's circuit having collected no fewer than 11 titles.
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