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.Cleveland.com "Nelly Korda wins Women's Australian Open 2019: Final results, leaderboard" February 17, 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) LegendMajor championships (0)Other LPGA Tour (2) No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin ofvictory Runner-up Winner'sshare ($)1Oct 15, 2023Buick LPGA Shanghai70-69-65-70=274−14Playoff Lilia Vu315,0002Feb 23, 2025Honda LPGA Thailand67-64-64-65=260−281 stroke Akie Iwai255,000
Playoff record LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12023Chevron Championship Lilia VuLost to birdie on first extra hole12023Buick LPGA Shanghai Lilia VuWon with birdie on first extra hole
Ladies European Tour wins (1) 2017 Omega Dubai Ladies Classic
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipT5573T2174T39T59T57CUT2WD13T10U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTCUTT2CUT6T51T20CUTT9CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT36T4T21T44CUTT25T3072T6WDThe Evian Championship ^CUTT69CUTNTT48WDT20CUTT5Women's British OpenCUTT11CUTT35T59T34CUTT6T10T40 ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew NT = no tournament "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 1 0 1 2 4 12 10U.S. Women's Open 0 1 0 1 3 4 12 5Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 2 4 10 9The Evian Championship 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 4Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 7Totals 0 2 0 4 10 17 52 35 Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2024 Women's Open – 2026 Chevron) Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2025 U.S Women's Open – 2025 Evian)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank201725200005T5455,2354470.75312018272101142667,4233071.8772201924190103T2755,7842871.1643202012100000T17106,1228471.9062202122140015T3494,5394272.18105202225160011T3384,5896571.869620231716110611,660,7161171.084820242013020721,656,1581570.922820251917101611,778,7661170.7840Totals^201 146 2 5 4 37 1 7,959,332 45 Official as of 2025 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 Source 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 2025 12
U.S. national team appearances Amateur Junior Solheim Cup: 2015 (winners)
Professional Solheim Cup: 2017 (winners), 2019, 2023, 2026 International Crown: 2025
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career95–3–1 2–0–1 0–0–0 3–3–0 5.561.1201731–1–10–0–1 halved w/ K. Icher1–1–0 won w/ L. Salas 6&5lost w/ L. Salas 4&21.550.0201932–1–01–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 2&11–1–0 won w/ A. McDonald 7&5lost w/ A. McDonald 2 dn266.7202332–1–01–0–0 def. C. Boutier 2&11–1–0 won w/ C. Knight 2 uplost w/ A. Ewing 4&2266.7
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