China’s Ruoning Yin Overtakes Choi to Win the LPGA’s Shanghai Tournament
Yin finished at 11-under 277 and earned her seventh LPGA Tour win after Choi faltered on the closing holes.
- On Sunday, Ruoning Yin won the LPGA Shanghai by one stroke, breaking a back-nine tie with Hye-Jin Choi with a four-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole.
- Finishing with a 277 total, Yin captured her seventh LPGA victory, building on her 2024 Shanghai title and a major championship at the Women's PGA Championship in 2023.
- Choi, seeking her first LPGA Tour win after more than 100 starts since joining in 2022, finished second, while Amy Yang placed third, three strokes behind.
- Defending champion Jeeno Thitikul shot a 69 on Sunday to finish at 3-under, following her recent LOTTE Championship victory in Hawaii earlier this month.
- The Asian Swing on the LPGA Tour continues in South Korea, where the BMW Ladies Championship begins Thursday at Pine Beach Golf Links in Haenam-gun.
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China's Yin wins in Shanghai for back-to-back LPGA titles
China's Yin carded a final-round four-under-par 68 at an energised Sheshan Golf Club to emerge victorious from a showdown with overnight leader Choi Hye-jin. The 24-year-old Yin, winner at the FM Championship in Boston in August on her previous start on tour, finished on 11-under, one shot clear of Choi. It was Yin's seventh LPGA title and her second in Shanghai, having won the event in 2024. "I think this tournament means everything to me beca…
Her 124th attempt also went awry. Choi Hye-jin suffered a comeback defeat to Buick Shanghai Inrunning. Despite starting as the sole leader, she finished as runner-up by one stroke. Choi Hye-jin, who was aiming for her first victory in the 124th tournament of the LPGA Tour, swallowed her disappointment once again. Although she took a three-stroke lead at one point, she suffered a comeback defeat due to a lack of finishing power in the final stret…
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