Tseng missed her pro-am tee time Wednesday at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, Calif., and per LPGA regulations she was withdrawn from the tournament.

The following is a statement from Tseng:

"I'm embarrassed to admit that I wasn't feeling well (Tuesday) night and accidentally overslept and missed my tee time for the pro-am (Wednesday) morning. I was extremely excited to compete this week to defend my title at the Kia Classic and to try to regain the No. 1 spot. This was an unfortunate mistake and I want to apologize to Kia, my sponsors and all of the fans. The Kia Classic is one of my favorite tournaments and I have so many great memories in San Diego. I can't wait to come back here next year."

Tseng, who has been mired in a slump, lost her No. 1 ranking this week to Stacy Lewis. Tseng had been at the top for 109 weeks.

只要奪冠，曾雅妮就能重回世界第一，不過挑戰的舞台非本週的起亞菁英賽，她因為睡過頭錯過了職業／業餘配對賽，依照規定必須退出比賽。

曾雅妮在聲明中表示：「我得很尷尬地承認，因為不舒服的關係，我睡過頭了，因此錯過職業／業餘配對賽，我原本非常期待能衛冕冠軍，並試著重新奪回第一的位置，這是一個不幸錯誤。」

曾雅妮也在聲明中向球迷、主辦單位與贊助商致歉，「我在聖地牙哥有很多美好回憶，起亞菁英賽是我最喜歡的比賽之一，我已經等不及要在明年重新回到這裡參加比賽。」

除了發表聲明，曾雅妮也在臉書上透露，非常難過錯過這週的比賽，因為前晚不舒服的關係，加上因為手機出問題，鬧鐘沒有在設定好的時間響，對起亞菁英賽的主辦單位非常抱歉。

同時她也表示，會特地去買一個鬧鐘，確保自己可以準時起床。

2013-03-20