Jeong Jang News

Jeong Jang thought everything was easy in her record-setting opening round in the Longs Drugs Challenge. She doesn't expect anything to stay that way on this tricky new course. Jang birdied four of her last six holes Thursday for a course-record 8-under 64 and a three-stroke lead over Karrie Webb and Charlottetown's Lorie Kane. Jang charged through the tournament's new home on Blackhawk Country Club's hilly, twisting Lakeside course, picking ...

Jeong Jang's surprise win in the British Women's Open last summer was a bigger accomplishment. Her triumph Sunday in the Wegmans LPGA _ her first on American soil _ was more joyous. ``I've been waiting a long time, feels like over a year,'' the 26-year-old South Korean said after her one-stroke victory over Paraguay's Julieta Granada at the Locust Hill course. ``That's why I think more happy.'' With a 13-under ...

Winning a major nearly a year ago made Jeong Jang realize that success in golf is within her grasp. The defending Women's British Open champion shot a 6-under-par 66 Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead in the Wegmans LPGA and edge closer to her second win in 6 1/2 years on the LPGA Tour. Her wire-to-wire triumph at Royal Birkdale last July gave her the assurance that, ``OK, I can ...