# Angel Yin

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

## 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).
In 2015, she competed in the Junior Solheim Cup.

## Professional

Yin posted five top-5 finishes in 2017. 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. 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.
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.

## 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.

## 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 | 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.
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 *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 |
| 2013 | 595 |
| 2014 | 704 |
| 2015 | n/a |
| 2016 | 245 |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2018 | 39 |
| 2019 | 42 |
| 2020 | 77 |
| 2021 | 95 |
| 2022 | 138 |
| 2023 | 22 |
| 2024 | 19 |

## 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 |