| Angel Yin | |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
| Yearpro: | 2016 |
| Tour: | LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour |
| Prowins: | 2 |
| Lpgawins: | 1 |
| Letwins: | 1 |
| Anainspiration: | 2nd: 2023 |
| Lpga: | T4: 2018 |
| Wusopen: | T2: 2019 |
| Wbritopen: | T6: 2023 |
| Evian: | T20: 2023 |
Angel Yin (born October 3, 1998) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.[1]
Yin won the 7–8 year old Junior World Golf Championships, won the California Women's Amateur Championship as a 12 year old and again as a 14 year old, was the youngest player at the 2011 U.S. Women's Amateur, was co-medalist at a U.S. Women's Amateur, and was the youngest player in the field at the 2012 U.S. Women's Open (also the second youngest in history).[2]
In 2015, she competed in the Junior Solheim Cup.[3]
Yin posted five top-5 finishes in 2017.[4] Her "powerful swing and ebullient personality" brought her attention from Juli Inkster, U.S. Solheim Cup captain, who named Yin as a captain's pick for the 2017 Solheim Cup. She became the youngest player on either team.[3] [5] She scored 1.5 points out of 3 matches. On December 9, 2017, she won the Omega Dubai Ladies Classic for her first professional victory. Yin started off the 2019 season tying for fourth in the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on February 27, 2019.[6]
At the 2023 Buick LPGA Shanghai in her 159th start, Yin finally broke through for her first win on the LPGA Tour defeating Lilia Vu in a playoff, with Yin birdieing the first extra hole. Earlier in the year, Vu defeated Yin on the first playoff hole at the Chevron Championship.
Yin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Michelle Liu, a businesswoman who immigrated to the U.S. from China, caddied for Yin when she was still an amateur. Yin attended Arcadia High School, but finished her diploma online.[5] [7]
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Major championships (0) | |
| Other LPGA Tour (1) |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Chevron Championship |  Lilia Vu | Vu won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 1 | 2023 | Buick LPGA Shanghai | Lilia Vu | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Results not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T55 | 73 | T21 | 74 | T39 | T59 | T57 | CUT | 2 | WD | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T2 | CUT | 6 | T51 | T20 | CUT | ||||
| Women's PGA Championship | T36 | T4 | T21 | T44 | CUT | T25 | T30 | 72 | ||||||
| The Evian Championship ^ | CUT | T69 | CUT | NT | T48 | WD | T20 | CUT | ||||||
| Women's British Open | CUT | T11 | CUT | T35 | T59 | T34 | CUT | T6 |
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 27 |
| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made* | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | T5 | 455,235 | 44 | 70.75 | 31 | ||
| 2018 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 667,423 | 30 | 71.87 | 72 | ||
| 2019 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | T2 | 755,784 | 28 | 71.16 | 43 | ||
| 2020 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T17 | 106,122 | 84 | 71.90 | 62 | ||
| 2021 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | T3 | 494,539 | 42 | 72.18 | 105 | ||
| 2022 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | T3 | 384,589 | 65 | 71.86 | 96 | ||
| 2023 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1,660,716 | 11 | 71.08 | 48 | ||
| Totals^ | 152 | 116 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 4,367,169 < | -- $ Earnings --> | 91 |
Official as of 2023 season[8] [9] [10]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
| Year | Ranking | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 595 | [11] | |
| 2014 | 704 | [12] | |
| 2015 | n/a | [13] | |
| 2016 | 245 | [14] | |
| 2017 | 46 | [15] | |
| 2018 | 39 | [16] | |
| 2019 | 42 | [17] | |
| 2020 | 77 | [18] | |
| 2021 | 95 | [19] | |
| 2022 | 138 | [20] | |
| 2023 | 22 | [21] |
Amateur
Professional
| Year | Total matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points won | Points % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 9 | 5–3–1 | 2–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 3–3–0 | 5.5 | 61.1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 halved w/ K. Icher | 1–1–0 won w/ L. Salas 6&5<br>lost w/ L. Salas 4&2 | 1.5 | 50.0 | ||
| 2019 | 3 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 2&1 | 1–1–0 won w/ A. McDonald 7&5<br>lost w/ A. McDonald 2 dn | 2 | 66.7 | ||
| 2023 | 3 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 def. C. Boutier 2&1 | 1–1–0 won w/ C. Knight 2 up lost w/ A. Ewing 4&2 | 2 | 66.7 |