Ruoning Yin cruises to victory in Shanghai for fourth LPGA title

Ruoning Yin started her day well and ended it even better.

With a birdie on the first hole of her final round at the Buick LPGA Shanghai, the Chinese player was hot from the start and never let up, shooting an 8-under 64 and cruising to victory in it. birthplace. Her scorching round, which included birdies on six of her last eight holes, moved her to 25-under for the event, six shots clear of runner-up Mao Saigo of Japan, who started the day with a one-shot lead. Sei Young Kim e South Korea finished in a tie with Saigo for second place.

The win was the fourth of his career LPGA title for 22-year-old Yin, a precocious talent who caught on 2023 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and briefly held the top spot in the women’s golf world rankings at the end of last season.

She wasn’t the only golfer to lose on Sunday. On a soft and exposed Qizhong Garden Golf Club, South Korea’s Hye-Jin Choi shot a tournament-low 62 to finish fifth, while Yealimi Noh of the United States posted a 67 to place fourth, the highest showing by an American in the field.

Nelly Kordathe top-ranked player in the women’s game did not make the trip to Shanghai. Neither did another big name, Lydia Ko. Both Korda and Ko are scheduled to return to action next week at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea.

Josh Sens

Editor of Golf.com

A golf, food and travel writer, Josh Sens has been a contributor to GOLF magazine since 2004 and now contributes to all GOLF platforms. His work has been anthologized in The Best American Sportswriting. He is also the co-author, with Sammy Hagar, of Are We Having Any Fun Yet: The Cooking and Partying Handbook.