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Player Bio: Angel Yin2020 U.S. Women's Open

 

Age: 22
Country: United States of America
College: None
Worldwide professional victories: 1
Exempt status: Top 10 scorers and ties from 2019 U.S. Women’s Open; 75 in Rolex Rankings as of March 16, 2020

Gifted with a powerful swing and ebullient personality, Yin first made a name for herself in the 2017 Solheim Cup as a captain’s pick by Juli Inkster. She scored 1.5 points in three matches for the victorious USA side. Yin was also a member of the 2019 Solheim Cup Team. Yin reached the championship match of the 2015 U.S. Girls’ Junior, where she fell to Eun Jeong Seong, 3 and 2, at Tulsa (Okla.) Country Club. Yin turned professional after graduating from Arcadia (Calif.) High School. Her only victory to date is the 2017 Omega Dubai Ladies Classic on the Ladies European Tour. Last year at the Country Club of Charleston, Yin was one of three players to finish tied for second.

U.S. Women's Open Playing Record

YEAR

SITE

SCORES

TO PAR

FINISH

2020 Champions Golf Club 75-73 +6 MC

2019

Country Club of Charleston

72-68-72-68—280

-4

T-2

2018

Shoal Creek

79-75

+10

MC

2017

Trump National Golf Club (Old Course)

77-76

+9

MC

2016

CordeValle

76-79

+11

MC

2012

Blackwolf Run

78-87

+21

MC