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Ruoning Yin
Yin Ruoning (born 28 September 2002) is a Chinese professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. At age 20, she won the 2023 Women's PGA Championship becoming the second women's major championship winner from China. Yin rose to number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings in September 2023. Early life Yin was born in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. Yin began to learn how to play golf when she was 10 and a half years old. She is known by her nickname Ronni. Her father's hometown is Shanghai. Amateur career At 16, she represented the Chinese women's national team at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, where she earned a bronze medal in the women's team event together with Liu Wenbo and Du Mohan. She also represented her country at the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy, where her team finished fourth among 57 nations, behind United States, Japan and South Korea. Yin won nine titles as a junior amateur in 2019, including the National Amateur Championship, and reached a care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunming
Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II, Kunming was a Chinese military center and the location of the headquarters for the US Army Forces China-Burma-India. Kunming Wujiaba International Airport, Wujiaba Airport served as the home of the Flying Tigers, First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers. Kunming was also a transport terminus for the Burma Road. Kunming is at an altitude of Above mean sea level, above sea level and a latitude just north of the Tropic of Cancer, and is situated in the middle of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau. Kunming is the fourth most populous city in Western China, after Chongqing, Chengdu, and Xi'an, and the third most populous city in Southwestern China after Chongqing and Chengdu. As of the 2020 census, Kunmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Wenbo
Liu (; or ) is an East Asian surname. pinyin: in Mandarin Chinese, in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors. The character originally meant 'battle axe', but is now used only as a surname. It is listed 252nd in the classic text Hundred Family Surnames. Today, it is the 4th most common surname in mainland China as well as one of the most common surnames in the world. Distribution In 2019 劉 was the fourth most common surname in mainland China. Additionally, it was the most common surname in Jiangxi province. In 2013 it was found to be the 5th most common surname, shared by 67,700,000 people or 5.1% of the population, with the province with the most people being Shandong.中国四百大姓, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 Origin One source is that they descend from the Qí (祁) clan of Emperor Yao. For example, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty (one of China's golden ages), Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu of Han) was a descend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mao Saigo
(born 8 October 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she won three of the first five tournaments of the 2022 season, and the LPGA Tour. Career Saigo was born in Funabashi in Greater Tokyo and won the Japan Women's Amateur Championship in 2019. She turned professional and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2020. In 2021, she was runner-up seven times to finish 4th on the 2020–21 money list. In the 2022 season, she recorded three wins and two second place finishes in the first six tournaments, after which she rose to 18th in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Saigo finished second at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in 2023 to earn her LPGA Tour card for 2024. In 2024, she had seven top-10 finishes including runner-up finishes at the CPKC Women's Open and Buick LPGA Shanghai. She earned LPGA Rookie of the Year honors. In 2025, she won the Chevron Championship The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buick LPGA Shanghai
The Buick LPGA Shanghai is a women's professional golf tournament in China on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in October 2018 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club in Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the .... Danielle Kang won the inaugural event by two strokes over seven golfers. Kang repeated as champion in 2019. Winners Tournament records References External linksCoverage on LPGA Tour's official site LPGA Tour events China LPGA Tour events Golf tournaments in China Sports competitions in Shanghai Recurring sporting events established in 2018 2018 establishments in Shanghai {{golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maybank Championship (LPGA)
The Maybank Championship is a women's professional golf tournament in Malaysia on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in October 2023 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club in Kuala Lumpur. Céline Boutier won the inaugural event on the 9th hole of a sudden-death playoff over Atthaya Thitikul Atthaya Thitikul (, , ; born 20 February 2003), also Jeeno Thitikul, is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Until 2023, she was the youngest golfer ever to win a professional golf tournam .... Winners Tournament records References External linksCoverage on LPGA Tour's official site LPGA Tour events Golf tournaments in Malaysia Sport in Kuala Lumpur Recurring sporting events established in 2023 2023 establishments in Malaysia {{golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey
Springfield Township is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is located on a ridge in northern- central New Jersey, within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 17,178, the highest recorded at any decennial census, an increase of 1,361 (+8.6%) from the 2010 census count of 15,817, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,388 (+9.6%) from the 14,429 counted in the 2000 census. Springfield was formed as a township on April 14, 1794, from portions of Elizabeth Township and Newark Township, while the area was still part of Essex County, and was incorporated as one of New Jersey's first 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. It became part of the newly formed Union County on March 19, 1857, with portions remaining in Essex County used to create Millburn. Other portions of the township have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltusrol Golf Club
The Baltusrol Golf Club is a private 36-hole golf club in the eastern United States, located in Springfield, New Jersey, about west of New York City. It was founded in 1895 by Louis Keller. In 1985, Baltusrol became the first club to have hosted both the U.S. Open and Women's U.S. Open on two different courses. Both courses were originally designed by A. W. Tillinghast in 1918. The club has been the site of seven U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships. In 2005, the club was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2014, it was further designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition of its importance to Tillinghast's career as a course designer. History Baltusrol Golf Club was named after Baltus Roll (1769–1831), who farmed the land on which the club resides today. In 1831, he was murdered at age 61 on February 22 by two thieves who believed that he had hidden a small treasure in his farmhouse on Baltusrol mountain. Two men, Peter B. Davis and Lyci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanshan Feng
Shanshan Feng (, ; born 5 August 1989) is a Chinese former professional golfer who previously played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was the first player from China to become a member of the LPGA Tour, which she joined in 2008. Feng had 10 victories on the tour, including the 2012 LPGA Championship, a major title, in which she shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round to win by two strokes. She was the first player from China to win an LPGA major championship, as well as the first player from mainland China (male or female) to have won a major championship. Her best finish in 16 previous majors was a tie for 22nd at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship. With the victory, she moved from tenth to fifth in the Women's World Golf Rankings. On 20 August 2016, Feng won the Olympic bronze medal in women's golf at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. From November 2017 to April 2018, she was first in the Women's World Golf Rankings. In August 2022, Feng announced her retirement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Hall
Georgia Kelly Hall (born 12 April 1996) is an English professional golfer. She plays on the Ladies European Tour, and the LPGA Tour. She has won one major, the 2018 Women's British Open. Hall won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 2013 and competed in both the Junior Solheim Cup and the Curtis Cup before turning professional in 2014. She won her first professional title at the 2014 Open Generali de Strasbourg, and made her Solheim Cup debut in 2017. Hall topped the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit in both 2017 and 2018, and in the latter she claimed her first major at the Women's British Open. She won her second LPGA title at the Cambia Portland Classic in 2020 and her second title on the Ladies European Tour at the Saudi Ladies International in 2022. Hall has won seven professional titles, including two on the LPGA Tour. She has six top-10 finishes in majors, three at the Women's British Open, and three at the Evian Championship. She has competed in fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DIO Implant LA Open
The Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship is a women's professional golf tournament held in Los Angeles, California, United States as part of the LPGA Tour. A new event in 2018, it was played at Wilshire Country Club. In Hancock Park, south of Hollywood and northwest of downtown, Wilshire was founded in 1919 and hosted the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour four times. In 2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ..., the tournament moved to Palos Verdes Golf Club in Los Angeles and the purse increased to $1,750,000. Tournament names *2018: Hugel-JTBC LA Open *2019–2021: Hugel-Air Premia LA Open *2022–2023: DIO Implant LA Open *2024–present: Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship Winners Tournament records References External links *Coverage on the LPGA Tour's offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Open
The Greater Toledo Classic is a women's professional golf tournament on the Legends of the LPGA and Epson Tours. It was founded in 1984 and has been played yearly, except in 1986 and 2011, in Sylvania, Ohio, a suburb northwest of Toledo. History The tournament was founded after PGA Tour caddie Judd Silverman, a Toledo native, sought to bring a ladies professional golf tournament to his hometown. He contacted sponsors and actor Jamie Farr, also a Toledo native, brought his name and several of his celebrity friends to the tournament. Throughout the history of the event, children's charities in Northwest Ohio and Southern Michigan have been the charitable beneficiaries of the tournament. They have received more than $14 million during the event's history. From 2004 to 2010, the title sponsor was Owens Corning, the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products, headquartered in Toledo, near the site of the tournament. In 2012, they became a presenting sponsor. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinness World Records
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Sir Hugh Beaver created the concept, and twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter co-founded the book in London in August 1955. The first edition topped the bestseller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955. The following year the book was launched internationally, and as of the 2025 edition, it is now in its 70th year of publication, published in 100 countries and 40 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its database. The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in ''Guinness World Records'' becoming the primary international source for cata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
