Angel Yin

Last updated

Angel Yin
Angel Yin at the 2015 ANNIKA invitational.jpg
Yin in 2015
Personal information
Born (1998-10-03) October 3, 1998 (age 25)
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 wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
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 T20: 2023

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.

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]

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
1October 15, 2023 Buick LPGA Shanghai 70-69-65-70=274−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Vu 315,000

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.

Tournament2012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship T5573T2174T39T59T57CUT2WD
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUTCUTT2CUT6T51T20CUT
Women's PGA Championship T36T4T21T44CUTT25T3072
The Evian Championship ^CUTT69CUTNTT48WDT20CUT
Women's British Open CUTT11CUTT35T59T34CUTT6T10

^ 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 010112108
U.S. Women's Open 010123104
Women's PGA Championship 00011387
The Evian Championship 00000173
Women's British Open 00002396
Totals02036124428

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
Totals^1521161332414,367,16991

Official as of 2023 season [8] [9] [10]
*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 [11]
2014704 [12]
2015n/a [13]
2016245 [14]
201746 [15]
201839 [16]
201942 [17]
202077 [18]
202195 [19]
2022138 [20]
202322 [21]

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morgan Pressel</span> American professional golfer

Morgan Pressel is an American professional golfer and golf commentator who played on the LPGA Tour. In 2001, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. She was the 2005 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Player of the Year, and won the 2006 AJGA Nancy Lopez Award. She turned pro at age 17, and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship, when at age 18 she won the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship and vaulted to a career-high fourth in the world rankings. In early March 2021, she announced she had joined the Golf Channel and NBC Sports to be an analyst and on-course reporter in the 2021 season, while continuing to compete.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catriona Matthew</span> Scottish professional golfer

Catriona Isobel Matthew is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzann Pettersen</span> Norwegian professional golfer

Suzann Pettersen is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and was also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking was second and she held that position several times, most recently from August 2011 until February 2012. She retired on 15 September 2019 after holing the winning putt for the European team at the 2019 Solheim Cup, notwithstanding that she had been away from golf for almost 20 months on maternity leave prior to the event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Angela Stanford</span> American professional golfer

Angela Gwen Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Nordqvist</span> Swedish professional golfer

Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She has won three major championships: the 2009 LPGA Championship, the 2017 Evian Championship, and the 2021 Women's British Open. She is the only non-American woman to have won major championships in three different decades.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Azahara Muñoz</span> Spanish professional golfer

Azahara Muñoz Guijarro is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caroline Hedwall</span> Swedish professional golfer

Caroline Ingrid Hedwall is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. In 2013 she became the first player to win five matches in a single Solheim Cup event. As an amateur she was a dominating player, winning the European Ladies Amateur Championship as well as the individual titles at the Espirito Santo Trophy and the NCAA Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jessica Korda</span> American professional golfer (born 1993)

Jessica Regina Korda is a Czech-American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charley Hull</span> English professional golfer

Charley Esmee Hull is an English professional golfer who has achieved success both on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour, winning honours as Rookie of the Year, becoming the youngest competitor to participate in the international Solheim Cup matches and becoming a champion on the European circuit in 2014 before the age of 18. In 2016, she won the prestigious CME Group Tour Championship, the season-ending event of the LPGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlota Ciganda</span> Spanish professional golfer

Carlota Ciganda Machiñena is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

Nanna Koerstz Madsen is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the American LPGA Tour and maintains membership of the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand and made history becoming the first Dane to win an LPGA Tour event. She played in the 2021 Solheim Cup and represented Denmark at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished tied for 13th, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she finished tied for 9th.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nelly Korda</span> American professional golfer (born 1998)

Nelly Korda is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won 14 times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She represented the United States at the 2019 Solheim Cup, 2021 Solheim Cup and 2023 Solheim Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgia Hall</span> English professional golfer

Georgia Kelly Hall is an English professional golfer. She plays on the Ladies European Tour, and the LPGA Tour. In 2018 she won the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham; it was her first victory in a major championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emily Kristine Pedersen</span> Danish professional golfer

Emily Kristine Pedersen is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2014 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. Turning professional in early 2015 she had a successful first season, finishing runner-up in the Deloitte Ladies Open and the Lacoste Ladies Open de France before winning the Hero Women's Indian Open. She was named LET Rookie of the Year for 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atthaya Thitikul</span> Thai professional golfer (born 2003)

Atthaya Thitikul, also Jeeno Thitikul, is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Until 2023, she was the youngest golfer ever to win a professional golf tournament at aged 14 years, 4 months and 19 days after winning the Ladies European Thailand Championship as an amateur on 9 July 2017. She was the number one ranked women's amateur golfer in the world for a total of 12 weeks, rising to the top on two occasions, the first time on 26 June 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Céline Boutier</span> French professional golfer

Céline Boutier is a French professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She has multiple wins on both tours including one major, the 2023 Evian Championship.

Alexa Pano is an American professional golfer. She was featured in the 2013 documentary film The Short Game.

Linn Maria Grant is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She won the 2023 Dana Open on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the 2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.

Maja Sofia Stark is a Swedish professional golfer. She has six Ladies European Tour titles and earned LPGA Tour membership through her victory at the 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational. As an amateur she was in contention at the 2020 and 2021 U.S. Women's Open, and after turning professional in August 2021 she won two tournaments in three starts on the Ladies European Tour.

Lilia Kha-Tu Du Vu is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. In 2023, she rose to number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings and became LPGA Tour Player of the Year after winning four titles, including two majors at the 2023 Chevron Championship and 2023 Women's British Open.

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. ↑ Merrill, Elizabeth (August 17, 2017). "American teen Angel Yin just having fun in her Solheim Cup debut". ESPN.
  8. ↑ "Angel Yin stats". LPGA. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Angel Yin results". LPGA. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.