March 7th, 2010 by Phil Reich PGA Golf Art

Two LPGA tournaments down, two wins for Ai Miyazato in 2010. The Japanese star won the season-opener in Thailand last week. Today, she claimed the HSBC Champions in Singapore by two strokes over Cristie Kerr. Miyazato began the final round tied for the lead with 49-year-old Juli Inkster, but Inkster faded to a tie for ninth.

Miyazato, too, looked like she might fade early, opening with two straight bogeys. But she recorded seven birdies the rest of the round.

The last time a player won the first two tournaments on the LPGA schedule was 1966, when Marilynn Smith did it. Mickey Wright (1963), Louise Suggs (1952) and Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1951) are the only other players to open an LPGA season with two-straight wins. That’s some mighty good company to be in.

See the HSBC Champions scores/interviews for the LPGA’s coverage.

The LPGA doesn’t play again until March 25 when the Kia Classic presented by J Golf begins. Some of the top players, however, will be in action the next two weeks, in one or both of the the ANZ Ladies Masters in New Zealand and the Women’s Australian Open. Both are part of the LET schedule and both have their strongest fields ever. And speaking of the LET, Laura Davies won the New Zealand Women’s Open today on the LET.

See also:

• Gallery: Ai Miyazato photos

Two in a Row for Miyazato originally appeared on About.com Golf on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 08:24:05.

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