Yani Tseng, in Taiwan on vacation after the conclusion of the LPGA golf season, described her year on the LPGA Tour as going 'from hell to heaven, ' ultimately ending up as an especially 'fruitful' year. Tseng, who finished the year ranked fifth in the world and seventh on the LPGA Tour's money list with winnings of US$1.29 million for the year, said that while her year started well, she went into a bad slump in the middle of the year, starting with the U.S. Women's Open in July when she failed to make the cut. Tseng, named LPGA Rookie of the year in 2008, said it never occurred to her that she could perform so poorly. 'I have always thought that I could win the U.S. Open,' she said. Her performance this year at the Saucon Valley Country Club in Pennsylvania was particularly surprising to her because she was in good shape and liked the golf course. Following that disaster, Tseng failed to crack the top 20 in her next four LPGA events, and the unprecedented failure took its toll on her mentally. 'I thought of quitting then,' she admitted. Those thoughts, however, vanished late in the year. She had two top 15 finishes in September and then she concluded the year with five consecutive top 10 finishes, beginning with a fourth place finish in the Navistar LPGA Classic in early October. 'If the two low months are eliminated, then my performance this year was pretty good, ' she said, believing she had emerged stronger after experiencing her lows. In Taiwan for a one-month vacation, Tseng is now looking forward to playing in a local golf tournament early next year, the first time she will tee it up in tournament play in front of home fans since January 2008. Tseng and Taiwan's three other LPGA mainstays -- Teresa Lu, Amy Hung and Candie Kung -- will all take part in the 2010 Taihong Golf Open in Changhua from Jan. 15-17. 