Ruoning Yin cruises to victory in Shanghai for fourth LPGA title

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

Birdieing the first hole of her final round at the Buick LPGA Shanghai, the Chinese golfer was on fire from the start and never let up, shooting an 8-under 64 and cruising to victory in her home country. His blistering round, which included birdies on his last six of eight holes, pushed him to 25 under for the event, six shots behind second-placed Mao Saigo of Japan, who started the day with a one-shot lead. South Korea’s Sei Young Kim finished tied with Saigo for second place.

The win was the fourth LPGA title for 22-year-old Yin, a talent who captured the 2023 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and briefly held the top spot in the Women’s World Golf Rankings at the end of last season.

He wasn’t the only golfer to come down on Sunday. On the soft and vulnerable Qizhong Garden Golf Club, South Korea’s Hye-Jin Choi carded a 62, the lowest round of the tournament, to finish fifth, while Yealimi Noh of the United States carded a 67 for fourth, a show very high. an American in the field.

Nelly Korda, the women’s number one ranked player, did not attend Shanghai. There is no other big name, Lydia Ko. Both Korda and Ko are expected to return to action next week at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea.

Josh Sens

Golf.com Editor

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