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Yin Ruoning

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Yin.

Yin Ruoning
Yin with 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship trophy
Personal information
NicknameRonni
Born (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 22)
Kunming, China
Sporting nationality China
Career
Turned professional2020
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2022)
Former tour(s)China LPGA Tour (joined 2020)
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour4
Other3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipT23: 2024
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 2023
U.S. Women's OpenT12: 2024
Women's British OpenT2: 2024
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2023
Medal record
Women's Golf
Representing  China
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Team

Yin Ruoning (born 28 September 2002) is a Chinese professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.[1] At age 20, she won the 2023 Women's PGA Championship becoming the second women's major championship winner from China.[2] Yin rose to number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings in September 2023.[3]

Early life

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Yin was born in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. Yin began to learn how to play golf when she was 10 and a half years old. She is known by her nickname Ronni. Her father's hometown is Shanghai.

Amateur career

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At 16, she represented the Chinese women's national team at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, where she earned a bronze medal in the women's team event together with Liu Wenbo and Du Mohan.[4] She also represented her country at the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy, where her team finished fourth among 57 nations, behind United States, Japan and South Korea.

Yin won nine titles as a junior amateur in 2019, including the National Amateur Championship, and reached a career-high of 64th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.[5]

Professional career

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Yin turned professional in 2020. She won the China LPGA Tour Qualifying Tournament and joined the China LPGA Tour, where she won her first three events in a row.[6] She received two Guinness World Records titles, the most consecutive wins on the China LPGA Tour, and the most consecutive wins on the China LPGA Tour from professional debut records.[4]

She finished tied fourth at the LPGA Q-Series to earn a LPGA Tour membership for 2022. In her rookie season, she made just two cuts in her first nine starts, but ended the season with seven cuts in 16 events. She recorded a season-best tie 4th at the Dana Open, having led the event after a first-round 65.[7]

Yin won the 2023 DIO Implant LA Open one stroke ahead of Georgia Hall, becoming the second Chinese winner on the LPGA Tour after Shanshan Feng.[8]

On 25 June 2023, at 20 years of age, Yin captured her first major championship by winning the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, New Jersey, by one shot after making a birdie on the last hole.

In October 2024, Yin achieved her third win of the 2024 season and her fifth championship since 2022 at the Maybank Championship just two weeks after winning the Buick LPGA Shanghai.[9]

Amateur wins

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  • 2019 China Amateur Golf Open Leg 3, Buick National Junior Classic Leg 5, Super Lychee Amateur Golf Future Tour 3, National Amateur Championship, Super Lychee Amateur Golf Future Tour 4, China Amateur Golf Open Leg 6, China Amateur Golf Open Leg 7, Super Lychee Amateur Golf Future Tour 6, China Junior Masters

Source:[5]

Professional wins (8)

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LPGA Tour wins (5)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 2 Apr 2023 DIO Implant LA Open 65-69-67-70=269 −15 1 stroke England Georgia Hall 262,500
2 25 Jun 2023 Women's PGA Championship 67-73-69-67=276 −8 1 stroke Japan Yuka Saso 1,500,000
3 30 Jun 2024 Dow Championship
(with Thailand Atthaya Thitikul) 		64-66-66-62=258 −22 1 stroke United States Ally Ewing and
United States Jennifer Kupcho 		366,082
(each)
4 13 Oct 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai1 70-66-63-64=263 −25 6 strokes South Korea Kim Sei-young
Japan Mao Saigo 		315,000
5 27 Oct 2024 Maybank Championship 67-67-66-65=265 –23 1 stroke Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 450,000

1Co-sanctioned by the China LPGA Tour

China LPGA Tour wins (4)

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1Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2023 Women's PGA Championship 3 stroke deficit −8 (67-73-69-67=276) 1 stroke Japan Yuka Saso

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T41 T23
U.S. Women's Open CUT T20 T12
Women's PGA Championship CUT 1 T24
The Evian Championship ^ CUT
Women's British Open T61 T2
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2
Women's PGA Championship 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Women's British Open 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals 1 1 0 2 2 6 11 8
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2023 Women's British – 2024 Women's British, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice, current)

LPGA Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2022 16 7 0 0 0 1 T4 170,140 99 70.93 43
2023 21 19 2 0 4 9 1 2,894,677 4 69.95 6
2024 18 16 3 1 0 6 1 2,397,966 6 70.32 7
Totals^ 55 42 5 1 4 16 1 5,462,783 80

^ Official as of 27 October 2024[10][11][12]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year Ranking Source
2018 586 [13]
2019 482 [14]
2020 290 [15]
2021 405 [16]
2022 151 [17]
2023 2 [18]
2024 3^ [19]

^As of 28 October 2024

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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  1. ^ "Ruoning Yin Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ Paisley, Kent (2 April 2023). "Ruoning Yin becomes LPGA Tour's second ever winner from China". Golf Digest. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Ruoning Yin Becomes No. 1 in Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings". LPGA. 11 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b Zhan, Echo (11 December 2020). "17-year-old Chinese girl breaks two China LPGA world records". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b "RuoNing Yin". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Teenager Yin putts world on alert". China Daily. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Getting to Know Ruoning Yin". LPGA Tour. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Ruoning Yin Becomes LPGA's Second Chinese Winner at DIO Implant LA Open". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Ruoning Yin Wins Second Title in Three Starts at the 2024 Maybank Championship". LPGA. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Ruoning Yin stats". LPGA. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Ruoning Yin results". LPGA. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Career money (select from pick list)". LPGA. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 October 2024.
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