Angel Yin (born October 3, 1998) is an American

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currently playing on the

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Amateur career

Yin won the 7–8 year old

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, 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

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, 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

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, 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

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in her 159th start, Yin finally broke through for her first win on the LPGA Tour defeating

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in a playoff, with Yin birdieing the first extra hole. Earlier in the year, Vu defeated Yin on the first playoff hole at the

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. In 2025, she won

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victory for the second LPGA title.

Personal life

Yin was born and raised in

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. 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)

Playoff record

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

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Omega Dubai Ladies Classic

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2023 Chevron – 2023 Women's British) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (seven times, current)

LPGA Tour career summary

Official as of 2024 season
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in

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at the end of each calendar year.

Team appearances

Amateur * Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2015 (winners) Professional *

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(representing the United States):

(winners),

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Solheim Cup record

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yin, Angel American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for the United States Golfers from Los Angeles Arcadia High School (California) alumni American sportswomen of Chinese descent 1998 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen