Ruoning Yin clinches her fourth LPGA title by winning her home tournament in China

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Ruoning Yin celebrates after winning the final round

Ruoning Yin scored an impressive 8-under 64 on Sunday to win the LPGA Buick Shanghai tournament, marking her fourth victory on the LPGA Tour.

Yin was one stroke behind the leader, Mao Saigo from Japan, going into the final round. However, she made an impressive comeback by getting birdies on five of the last six holes. Yin ended the tournament with a total score of 25-under 263 over the four rounds at Qizhong Garden Golf Club.

Saigo finished with a score of 71 and tied for second place with Sei Young Kim from South Korea, who shot a 68. Both ended up six strokes behind Yin, with a total score of 19-under 269.

Ruoning Yin celebrates after the win

Two top LPGA players, Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko, were not competing this week in China, but both are scheduled to play in the BMW Ladies Championship next week in South Korea.

Yealimi Noh from the United States shot a 67 on Sunday, finishing in fourth place, seven strokes behind Yin.

Hye-Jin Choi from South Korea had the best round of the tournament with a score of 62 and ended in a tie for fifth, nine shots off the lead.

By Ritik

Ritik Katiyar is pursuing a post-graduate degree in Pharmaceutics. Currently, he lives in Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India. You can find him writing about all sorts of listicle topics. A pharmaceutical postgrad by day, and a content writer by night. You can write to him at [email protected]

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