{{family name hatnote|Yin|lang=Chinese}} {{short description|Chinese professional golfer (born 2002)}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Yin Ruoning | image = Ronni.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Yin with 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship trophy | fullname = | nickname = Ronni | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|9|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Kunming, China | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|2002|9|28|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = | weight = | nationality = {{CHN}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 2020 | tour = LPGA Tour (joined 2022) | extour = China LPGA Tour (joined 2020) | prowins = 8 | lpgawins = 5 | letwins = <!-- Number of Ladies European Tour wins --> | jlpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Japan Tour wins --> | klpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins --> | lagtwins = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins --> | alpgwins = <!-- Number of ALPG Tour wins --> | futwins = <!-- Number of Futures Tour wins --> | otherwins = 3 | majorwins = 1 | nabisco = T2: 2025, 2026 | lpga = '''Won''': 2023 | wusopen = T4: 2025 | wbritopen = T2: 2024 | evian = CUT: 2023, 2025 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = <!-- Add up to 10 different awards --> | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's golf}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta–Palembang|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|Team}} }} '''Yin Ruoning''' (born 28 September 2002) is a Chinese professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.<ref name="lpga bio">{{cite web |title=Ruoning Yin Bio |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/ruoning-yin/100312/bio |publisher=LPGA Tour |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> At age 20, she won the 2023 Women's PGA Championship becoming the second women's major championship winner from China.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ruoning Yin becomes LPGA Tour's second ever winner from China |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/ruoning-yin-dio-implant-la-open-win-china |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Kent |last=Paisley |date=2 April 2023 |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> Yin rose to number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings in September 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/ruoning-yin-becomes-no-1-in-rolex-womens-world-golf-rankings |title=Ruoning Yin Becomes No. 1 in Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings |publisher=LPGA |date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
==Early life== 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== 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.<ref name=gwr>{{cite web |title=17-year-old Chinese girl breaks two China LPGA world records |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/12/17-year-old-chinese-girl-breaks-two-china-lpga-world-records |publisher=Guinness World Records |first=Echo |last=Zhan |date=11 December 2020 |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref name=wagr/>
==Professional career== 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Teenager Yin putts world on alert |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202009/18/WS5f640e03a31024ad0ba7a4fa.html |newspaper=China Daily |date=18 September 2020 |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref name="gwr" />
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.<ref name=gtk>{{cite web |title=Getting to Know Ruoning Yin |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2022/getting-to-know-ruoning-yin |publisher=LPGA Tour |date=16 September 2022 |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ruoning Yin Becomes LPGA's Second Chinese Winner at DIO Implant LA Open |url=https://www.si.com/golf/news/ruoning-yin-becomes-lpga-second-chinese-winner-dio-implant-la-open |magazine=Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press |date=2 April 2023 |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref name="lpga-maybank">{{cite web |title=Ruoning Yin Wins Second Title in Three Starts at the 2024 Maybank Championship |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2024/ruoning-yin-wins-second-title-in-three-starts-at-the-2024-maybank-championship |publisher=LPGA |date=27 October 2024 |access-date=27 October 2024}}</ref>
At the 2025 Chevron Championship, Yin was one of five players to compete in a playoff after 72 holes, where she had a makeable putt in the playoff for the win, but three-putted and was beaten by winner Mao Saigo.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mao Saigo wins LPGA major Chevron Championship in playoff |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/44891198/mao-saigo-wins-lpga-major-chevron-championship-playoff |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://golf.com/news/chevron-18th-hole-wild-finish/ |title=Whiff, slow play, controversy, 3-putt, winner: Chevron's 18th brings tragedy, triumph |magazine=Golf Magazine |first=Dylan |last=Dethier |date=April 27, 2025 |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref> Yin finished T4th in the 2025 U.S. Women's Open, three-strokes behind winner Maja Stark.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hudson |first=Elizabeth |title=Sweden's Stark holds nerve to win US Women's Open |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/articles/cg71eeyel25o |work=BBC Sport |access-date=2 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250602071241/https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/articles/cg71eeyel25o |archive-date=2 June 2025 |date=2 June 2025}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *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:<ref name=wagr>{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/ruoning-yin-31029 |title=RuoNing Yin |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |accessdate=3 April 2023}}</ref>
==Professional wins (8)== ===LPGA Tour wins (5)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Legend |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | Major championships (1) |- | Other LPGA Tour (4) |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of<br>victory !Runner(s)-up !Winner's<br>share ($) |- |align=center|1 |align=right|2 Apr 2023 |DIO Implant LA Open |align=right|65-69-67-70=269 |align=center|−15 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ENG}} Georgia Hall |align=center|262,500 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" |align=center|2 |align=right|25 Jun 2023 |'''Women's PGA Championship''' |align=right|67-73-69-67=276 |align=center|−8 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Saso |align=center|1,500,000 |- |align=center|3 |align=right|30 Jun 2024 |Dow Championship <br>(with {{flagicon|THA}} Atthaya Thitikul) |align=right|64-66-66-62=258 |align=center|−22 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Ally Ewing and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Kupcho |align=center| 366,082<br><small>(each)</small> |- |align=center|4 |align=right|13 Oct 2024 |Buick LPGA Shanghai<sup>1</sup> |align=right|70-66-63-64=263 |align=center|−25 |6 strokes |{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Sei-young<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} Mao Saigo |align=center|315,000 |- |align=center|5 |align=right|27 Oct 2024 |Maybank Championship |align=right|67-67-66-65=265 |align=center|–23 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|THA}} Atthaya Thitikul |align=center|450,000 |} <sup>1</sup>Co-sanctioned by the China LPGA Tour
'''LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result |-style="background:#F2C1D1;" |align=center|1 |align=center|2025 |'''Chevron Championship''' |{{flagicon|USA}} Lindy Duncan<br>{{flagicon|THA}} Ariya Jutanugarn<br>{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Hyo-joo<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} Mao Saigo |Saigo won with birdie on first extra hole |}
===China LPGA Tour wins (4)=== *2020 (3) Zhuhai Guowei Centre Plaza Hollywood Mansion Challenge, Moutai Golf Liquor Zhuhai Golden Gulf Challenge, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Orient Masters *2024 (1) Buick LPGA Shanghai<sup>1</sup> <sup>1</sup>Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
==Major championships== ===Wins (1)=== {|class="wikitable" !Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up |-style="background:#D8BFD8;" | 2023 ||Women's PGA Championship || 3 stroke deficit || −8 (67-73-69-67=276) || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Saso |}
===Results timeline=== ''Results not in chronological order'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Tournament !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2026 |- |align=left|Chevron Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T41 |T23 |style="background:yellow;"|T2 |style="background:yellow;"|T2 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T20 |T12 |style="background:yellow;"|T4 | |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:lime;"|'''1''' |T24 |T23 | |- |align=left|The Evian Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT | |- |align=left|Women's British Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T61 |style="background:yellow;"|T2 |CUT | |- |}
{{legend|lime|Win}} {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> WD = withdrew<br/> NT = no tournament<br/> T = tied
===Summary=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made |- |align=left|Chevron Championship || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 4 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 3 |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 3 |- |align=left|The Evian Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 |- |align=left|Women's British Open || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 2 |- !Totals !! 1 !! 3 !! 0 !! 5 !! 5 !! 10 !! 17 !! 12 |} *Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2023 Women's British – 2025 Women's PGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2024 Women's British – 2025 U.S. Women's Open)
==LPGA Tour career summary== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Tournaments <br />played !! Cuts <br />made* !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top <br />10s !! Best <br />finish !! Earnings<br>($) !! Money<br />list rank !! Scoring <br /> average !! Scoring<br />rank |- |2022 |16 |7 |0 |0 |0 |1 |T4 |align=right|170,140 |99 |70.93 |43 |- |- |2023 |21 <!-- Played --> |19 <!-- Cuts made --> |2 <!-- Wins --> |0 <!-- 2nd place --> |4 <!-- 3rd place --> |9 <!-- Top 10s --> |1 <!-- Best finish --> |align=right|2,894,677 <!-- $ Earnings --> |4 <!-- Money list rank --> |69.95 <!-- Scoring average --> |6 <!-- Scoring rank --> |- |2024 |20 <!-- Played --> |18 <!-- Cuts made --> |3 <!-- Wins --> |1 <!-- 2nd place --> |0 <!-- 3rd place --> |7 <!-- Top 10s --> |1 <!-- Best finish --> |align=right|2,783,307 <!-- $ Earnings --> |7 <!-- Money list rank --> |70.10 <!-- Scoring average --> |5 <!-- Scoring rank --> |- |2025 |16 <!-- Played --> |14 <!-- Cuts made --> |0 <!-- Wins --> |2 <!-- 2nd place --> |0 <!-- 3rd place --> |3 <!-- Top 10s --> |T2 <!-- Best finish --> |align=right|1,569,149 <!-- $ Earnings --> |21 <!-- Money list rank --> |70.64<!-- Scoring average --> |31 <!-- Scoring rank --> |- |2026 |10 <!-- Played --> |9 <!-- Cuts made --> | <!-- Wins --> |2 <!-- 2nd place --> | <!-- 3rd place --> |4 <!-- Top 10s --> |2 <!-- Best finish --> |align=right|1,290,535 <!-- $ Earnings --> |3 <!-- Money list rank --> |70.30<!-- Scoring average --> |7 <!-- Scoring rank --> |- !Totals^ !83 <!-- Tournaments played, per LPGA, Rookie year starting 2022 --> !67 <!-- Cuts made, Rookie year starting 2022 --> !5 <!-- Wins --> !5 <!-- 2nd place --> !4 <!-- 3rd place --> !24 <!-- Top 10s, rookie year starting 2022 --> !1 <!-- Best finish --> !align=right|8,707,808 !39 <!-- Money list rank --> |} ^ Official as of 17 May 2026<ref>{{cite web |date=17 May 2026|title=Ruoning Yin stats |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/ruoning-yin/100312/stats}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/ruoning-yin/100312/results |title=Ruoning Yin results |publisher=LPGA |date=17 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/stats-and-rankings/money-and-finishes#tab-list |title=Career money (select from pick list) |publisher=LPGA |date=17 May 2026}}</ref><br> <nowiki>*</nowiki>Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
==World ranking== Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Ranking !! Source |- | 2018 || 586 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2018-12-31 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=31 December 2018}}</ref> |- | 2019 || 482 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2019-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=30 December 2019}}</ref> |- | 2020 || 290 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2020-12-28 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=28 December 2020}}</ref> |- | 2021 || 405 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2021-12-27 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=27 December 2021}}</ref> |- | 2022 || 151 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2022-12-26 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=26 December 2022}}</ref> |- | 2023 || 2 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2023-12-25 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=25 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 2024 || 2 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2024-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=30 December 2024}}</ref> |- | 2025 || 7 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2025-12-29 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=29 December 2025}}</ref> |- | 2026 || 4^ || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2026-05-18 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=18 May 2026}}</ref> |} ^ As of 18 May 2026
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Espirito Santo Trophy (representing China): 2018 '''Professional''' *International Crown (representing China): 2023, 2025
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{LPGA player|ruoning-yin/100312|Ruoning Yin}} *{{WWGR|6803|Ruoning Yin}}
{{Women's PGA Championship champions}} {{Golf world number ones (women)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yin, Ruoning}} Category:Chinese female golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Winners of LPGA major golf championships Category:Olympic golfers for China Category:Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Kunming Category:Golfers at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in golf Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Category:2002 births Category:Living people