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her name will read “shanshan feng” when it is engraved on the wegmans lpga championship trophy just below that of her friend, 2011 winner yani tseng, but the 22-year-old likes to be called Jenny, the “american” name she was given by a chinese schoolteacher during an english class when she was 12.

“i think i look like a Jenny,” feng told golf channel’s kelly tilghman during a post-tour-nament press conference, after she posted a six-under 282 at locust hill cc outside rochester, n.y., to become the first player from mainland china to win an lpga event. she certainly looks like a winner. feng won twice on the Japan lpga tour in 2011 and has already won the ladies european tour and the Jlpga in 2012. now, in her fifth year in the u.s., the gary gilchrist student has an lpga title as well. and it’s one of the most important, the lpga championship being the tour’s second oldest major. it’s enough to boost her to fifth on the rolex rankings, putting feng in world-class company, no matter what you call her. —John Antonini (@johnantoninigw)