Ruoning Yin made birdie on the final hole and became the second woman from China to win a major, Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – Ruoning Yin used to tell her mom that if she’d been 10 centimeters taller, she would’ve played basketball rather than golf. She has been a Steph Curry fan for nine years, which is a long time for someone who’s only 20 years old. Yin’s stature in the sports world back home in China surely rocketed overnight as she joined Shanshan Feng as the only Chinese players to win a major championship.
Yin, who shot 67 in the final round at Baltusrol’s Lower Course, wasn’t even playing golf when Feng became the first Chinese player to win a major at the 2012 Wegmans Championship, now known as the KPMG Women’s PGA. . The former Stanford star, who won in her professional debut on the LPGA earlier this month, trailed by one stroke on the back nine but ultimately finished three shots back in a share of eighth.Contends in first major as a pro at Women's PGA Championship
She also has a new caddie in Jon Lehman, a veteran Korn Ferry Tour looper who recently reached out to some friends who worked on the LPGA to see what jobs might be available. Lehman’s text came through about 20 minutes after Yin let her previous caddie go. They started out together at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, then Lehman came out to Baltusrol the following week for a preview.
“We start, I think our first tournament at ShopRite, I just read my greens by myself, and this week he just told me he’s really good at reading. I was like, OK, let’s see. Yeah, he’s amazing.”
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