Angel Yin

Angel Yin (born October 3, 1998) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.^[1]

Angel Yin
Yin in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1998-10-03) October 3, 1998 (age 26) Los Angeles, California
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	2016
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Ladies European Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	2nd: 2023
Women's PGA C'ship	T4: 2018
U.S. Women's Open	T2: 2019
Women's British Open	T6: 2023
Evian Championship	T20: 2023

Amateur career

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]

Professional

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. In 2025, she won Honda LPGA Thailand victory for the second LPGA title.^[7]

Personal life

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][8]

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Winner's share ($)
1	October 15, 2023	Buick LPGA Shanghai	70-69-65-70=274	−14	Playoff	Lilia Vu	315,000
2	February 23, 2025	Honda LPGA Thailand	67-64-64-65=260	−28	1 stroke	Akie Iwai	255,000

Playoff record

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

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

• 2017 Omega Dubai Ladies Classic

Results in LPGA majors

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	T10

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10

  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	1	0	1	1	2	10	8
U.S. Women's Open	0	1	0	1	2	3	10	4
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	1	1	3	8	7
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	3
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	6
Totals	0	2	0	3	6	12	44	28

• Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2023 Chevron – 2023 Women's British)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times, current)

LPGA Tour career summary

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
2024	20	13	0	2	0	7	2	1,656,158	15	70.92	28
Totals^	172	129	1	5	3	31	1	6,180,566	66

Official as of 2024 season^[9][10][11]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year	Ranking	Source
2013	595	[12]
2014	704	[13]
2015	n/a	[14]
2016	245	[15]
2017	46	[16]
2018	39	[17]
2019	42	[18]
2020	77	[19]
2021	95	[20]
2022	138	[21]
2023	22	[22]
2024	19	[23]

Team appearances

Amateur

• Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2015 (winners)

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2017 (winners), 2019, 2023

Solheim Cup record

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 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 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