American professional golfer
Angel Yin (born October 3, 1998) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour .[ 1]
Amateur career
Yin won the 7–8 year old Junior World Golf Championships , won the California Women's Amateur Championship as a 12 year old and again as a 14 year old, was the youngest player at the 2011 U.S. Women's Amateur , was co-medalist at a U.S. Women's Amateur, and was the youngest player in the field at the 2012 U.S. Women's Open (also the second youngest in history).[ 2]
In 2015, she competed in the Junior Solheim Cup .[ 3]
Professional
Yin posted five top-5 finishes in 2017.[ 4] Juli Inkster , U.S. Solheim Cup captain, who named Yin as a captain's pick for the 2017 Solheim Cup . She became the youngest player on either team.[ 3] [ 5] Omega Dubai Ladies Classic for her first professional victory. Yin started off the 2019 season tying for fourth in the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on February 27, 2019.[ 6]
At the 2023 Buick LPGA Shanghai in her 159th start, Yin finally broke through for her first win on the LPGA Tour defeating Lilia Vu in a playoff, with Yin birdieing the first extra hole. Earlier in the year, Vu defeated Yin on the first playoff hole at the Chevron Championship .
Personal life
Yin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California . Her mother, Michelle Liu, a businesswoman who immigrated to the U.S. from China, caddied for Yin when she was still an amateur. Yin attended Arcadia High School , but finished her diploma online.[ 5] [ 7]
Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.
Date
Tournament
Winning score
To par
Margin of
Runner-up
Winner's$ )
1
October 15, 2023
Buick LPGA Shanghai
70-69-65-70=274
−14
Playoff
Lilia Vu
315,000
Playoff record
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order.
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
Top 10
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Summary
Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2023 Chevron – 2023 Women's British)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times, current)
LPGA Tour career summary
Year
Tournaments
Cuts
Wins
2nd
3rd
Top
Best
Earnings$ )
Money
Scoring
Scoring
2017
25
20
0
0
0
5
T5
455,235
44
70.75
31
2018
27
21
0
1
1
4
2
667,423
30
71.87
72
2019
24
19
0
1
0
3
T2
755,784
28
71.16
43
2020
12
10
0
0
0
0
T17
106,122
84
71.90
62
2021
22
14
0
0
1
5
T3
494,539
42
72.18
105
2022
25
16
0
0
1
1
T3
384,589
65
71.86
96
2023
17
16
1
1
0
6
1
1,660,716
11
71.08
48
2024
20
13
0
2
0
7
2
1,656,158
15
70.92
28
Totals^
172
129
1
5
3
31
1
6,180,566
66
Official as of 2024 season[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
World ranking
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional
Solheim Cup record
Year
Total
Total
Singles
Foursomes
Fourballs
Points
Points
Career
9
5–3–1 2–0–1 0–0–0 3–3–0 5.5
61.1
2017
3
1–1–1 0–0–1 K. Icher
1–1–0 L. Salas 6&51.5
50.0
2019
3
2–1–0 1–0–0 A. Muñoz 2&1
1–1–0 A. McDonald 7&52
66.7
2023
3
2–1–0 1–0–0 C. Boutier 2&1
1–1–0 C. Knight 2 up2
66.7
References
^ Mell, Randall (August 5, 2017). "Yin plays her way into Solheim consideration" . Golf Channel . Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017 . ^ Brumer, Andy (February 6, 2017). "Angel Yin... Hitting it from Here to Heaven" . Fore . Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017 . ^ a b Nichols, Beth Ann (August 5, 2017). "Breaking down the 2017 Solheim Cup Team USA roster scenarios" . Golfweek . ^ Mickey, Lisa D. (June 30, 2018). "Even in blazing heat and 5 shots back, Angel Yin is chill at KPMG Women's PGA" . ESPN . ^ a b "Precocious Yin, 19, establishing herself on LPGA Tour" . The San Diego Tribune . March 19, 2018.^ Cleveland.com "Nelly Korda wins Women's Australian Open 2019: Final results, leaderboard" February 17, 2019 [1]
^ Merrill, Elizabeth (August 17, 2017). "American teen Angel Yin just having fun in her Solheim Cup debut" . ESPN . ^ "Angel Yin stats" . LPGA. Retrieved December 14, 2023 .^ "Angel Yin results" . LPGA. Retrieved December 14, 2023 .^ "Career Money" . LPGA. Retrieved December 14, 2023 .^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 30, 2013.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 29, 2014.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 28, 2015.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 26, 2016.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 25, 2017.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 31, 2018.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 30, 2019.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 28, 2020.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 27, 2021.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 26, 2022.^ "Women's World Golf Rankings" . December 25, 2023.
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