Angel Yin

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Angel Yin
Angel Yin at the 2015 ANNIKA invitational.jpg
Yin in 2015
Personal information
Born (1998-10-03) October 3, 1998 (age 26)
Los Angeles, California
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship 2nd: 2023
Women's PGA C'ship T4: 2018
U.S. Women's Open T2: 2019
Women's British Open T6: 2023
Evian Championship T5: 2025

Angel Yin (born October 3, 1998) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. [1]

Contents

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] Her "powerful swing and ebullient personality" brought her attention from 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] She scored 1.5 points out of 3 matches. On December 9, 2017, she won the 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. In 2025, she won Honda LPGA Thailand victory for the second LPGA title. [7]

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] [8]

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
1Oct 15, 2023 Buick LPGA Shanghai 70-69-65-70=274−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Vu 315,000
2Feb 23, 2025 Honda LPGA Thailand 67-64-64-65=260−281 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Akie Iwai 255,000

Playoff record

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12023 Chevron Championship Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Vu Vu won with birdie on first extra hole
12023 Buick LPGA Shanghai Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Vu Won with birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Chevron Championship T5573T2174T39T59T57CUT2WD13
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUTCUTT2CUT6T51T20CUTT9
Women's PGA Championship T36T4T21T44CUTT25T3072T6
The Evian Championship ^CUTT69CUTNTT48WDT20CUTT5
Women's British Open CUTT11CUTT35T59T34CUTT6T10T40

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 010113119
U.S. Women's Open 010134115
Women's PGA Championship 00012498
The Evian Championship 00011284
Women's British Open 000023107
Totals02049164933

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nd3rdTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2017 25200005T5455,2354470.7531
2018 272101142667,4233071.8772
2019 24190103T2755,7842871.1643
2020 12100000T17106,1228471.9062
2021 22140015T3494,5394272.18105
2022 25160011T3384,5896571.8696
2023 1716110611,660,7161171.0848
2024 2013020721,656,1581570.9228
Totals^1721291533116,180,56666

Official as of 2024 season [9] [10] [11]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2013595 [12]
2014704 [13]
2015n/a [14]
2016245 [15]
201746 [16]
201839 [17]
201942 [18]
202077 [19]
202195 [20]
2022138 [21]
202322 [22]
202419 [23]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career95–3–12–0–10–0–03–3–05.561.1
2017 31–1–10–0–1 halved w/ K. Icher 1–1–0 won w/ L. Salas 6&5
lost w/ L. Salas 4&2
1.550.0
2019 32–1–01–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 2&11–1–0 won w/ A. McDonald 7&5
lost w/ A. McDonald 2 dn
266.7
2023 32–1–01–0–0 def. C. Boutier 2&11–1–0 won w/ C. Knight 2 up
lost w/ A. Ewing 4&2
266.7

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 Nichols, Beth Ann (August 5, 2017). "Breaking down the 2017 Solheim Cup Team USA roster scenarios". Golfweek.
  4. Mickey, Lisa D. (June 30, 2018). "Even in blazing heat and 5 shots back, Angel Yin is chill at KPMG Women's PGA". ESPN.
  5. 1 2 "Precocious Yin, 19, establishing herself on LPGA Tour". The San Diego Tribune. March 19, 2018.
  6. Cleveland.com "Nelly Korda wins Women's Australian Open 2019: Final results, leaderboard" February 17, 2019
  7. "Angel Yin Wins Honda LPGA Thailand For Second Career Title". LPGA. Associated Press. February 23, 2025.
  8. Merrill, Elizabeth (August 17, 2017). "American teen Angel Yin just having fun in her Solheim Cup debut". ESPN.
  9. "Angel Yin stats". LPGA. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  10. "Angel Yin results". LPGA. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  11. "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
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  20. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  21. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  22. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
  23. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2024.