If you watched LPGA’s HSBC Women’s Championship Tournament in Singapore this past weekend, is there any doubt there was some incredible drama here? It came right down to the last three holes with Ai Miyazato, Japan’s 5′2″ dynamo, going head-to-head with the U.S.’s Cristie Kerr.

Behind the pair in a log jam tied for third were Song-Hee Kim, Jiyai Shin, Yani Tseng and Suzann Pettersen. Anything could happen.

Both Miyazato and Kerr had played well with Miyazato on a confidence roll from winning the previous week’s Honda PTT in Thailand in a photo finish with Suzann Pettersen.

One week later, Miyazota was again in the running, all coming down to her birdie on the 16th followed by two pars. Kerr also birdied the 16th but on the 17th ran in an Alfred Hitchcock-style horror show: a nest of angry red ants. Her ball sat on the ant nest under a tree, about a foot from the tv cables.

The rules official spent an incredible amount of time deliberating what to do - Kerr could have auditioned for Dancing with the Stars in the interim.

The process included a close inspection of the ants which anyone could see with HD TV, were lively and feisty (not anything you want to tangle with). There were several calls to someone also official we presume, and lots of knee bends up and down to access the situation. The official finally ruled Kerr could have a free drop.

A lucky break for Kerr for without the ants - there is actually an ant rule in Singapore - she would have had a tough time hitting from under the tree.

Kerr struck her shot well, but it went off the back of the green into a bunker. She took a bogey and another on 18. Her run was over.

But then if she had hit her drive well in the first place, she would not have had the ant-cable-tree problem. But that’s golf. Things happen. Miyazato, on the other hand, kept her cool and was on her game to the finish.

As Americans, it’s natural we tend to root for our country’s player’s but still, most of us love to watch the game played at its best. Miyazato deserved to win and deserves our congratulations.

Miyazato, 24, a petite pretty girl with a bright smile, has been relatively unknown to the U.S. golf viewers. She’s tiny but she drives more than 250 yards. That’s something.

Even though she had achieved star status in Japan equivalent to Ochoa’s in Mexico, before leaving the JLPGA Tour in 2006, she had chalked up an astounding 12 wins. But until these past two tournaments, she had been overshadowed by more visible players like Ochoa, Creamer and Wie. No longer. She’s become very visable here.

And there will be others. The depth of the LPGA field is impressive and there appears to be no for-sure run-away winner in this year’s lineup. The difference between the talent of these players is minute.

As the 2010 LPGA season progresses, we will gradually become familiar with names we have trouble pronouncing. These ladies are playing some great golf. Competition is keen. That all adds up to great theater.

So tune in. Anything can happen. Even ants.

Did anyone see Hitchcock lurking behind that tree?

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