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Player Bio: Xiyu Janet Lin2022 U.S. Women's Open

 

Age: 26
Country: People’s Republic of China
College: None
Worldwide professional victories: 8
Road to Pine Needles: Top 10 and ties from 2021 U.S. Women's Open; Top 10 points leader in LPGA Tour's 2022 Race to the CME Globe as of April 6; Top 75 in the Rolex Rankings as of April 6

Lin is set to make her eighth U.S. Women’s Open start. In 2021, Lin tied for seventh at The Olympic Club to become exempt for the 2022 championship. The native of the People’s Republic of China has eight worldwide victories, seven of which have come on the China LPGA Tour. She joined the LPGA Tour in 2014. Lin represented China in the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 38th. In 2022, she lost a playoff to Nanna Koerstz Madsen in the Honda LPGA Thailand. 

U.S. Women's Open Playing Record

YEAR

SITE

SCORES

TO PAR

FINISH

2022 Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club 71-69-67-76—283 -1 T-11
2021 The Olympic Club (Lake Course) 72-74-72-67—285 +1 T-7
2020 Champions Golf Club 76-73 +7 MC

2018

Shoal Creek

75-82

+13

MC

2017

Trump National Golf Club (Old Course)

78-74

+8

MC

2016

CordeValle

73-73-73-71—290

+2

T-26

2015

Lancaster Country Club

74-73

+7

MC

2011

The Broadmoor (East Course)

72-81

+11

MC