China’s Yin Ruoning held her nerve to finish her two-year title drought and claim the sixth LPGA Tour victory of her profession with a two-shot triumph at the FM Championship on Sunday.
Yin, 23, endured a rollercoaster spherical before carding a closing two-under-par 70 to end the event on 14 under.
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The 2023 Women’s PGA Championship winner rattled in 5 birdies and three bogeys on her method to victory at TPC Boston, in Norton, Massachusetts.
Yin completed with a essential birdie 4 on the par-five 18th to full her first win on the tour since 2024.
“I was really emotional when I was on the 18th green and just felt like all the hard work paid off,” Yin said afterwards. “Just really happy how I grinded out there today.”
Yin admitted she had been nervously wanting over her shoulder at taking part in companions Kim Hyo-joo and Kim Sei-young down the stretch.
Kim Hyo-joo shot a one-under-par 71 to end on 12 under, while Kim Sei-young carded a one-over-par 73 to tie with Rose Zhange for fourth place, one back from Allisen Corpuz of the United States on 11 under.
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“I felt like that was the longest 18th hole I’ve ever played — because they’re just so good and they don’t really make mistakes,” Yin said.
Yin said she had doubted whether she would ever win another title after a irritating sequence of near-misses this season and last 12 months.
“I’ve had quite a few times where I was really close but just keep missing by one or two,” she said. “I was always harsh on myself…I doubted if I can win on this tour again.
“I was not a completely happy particular person last 12 months; but this 12 months I think I study a lot. The greatest factor I study is that life comes from you, not at you. And that good issues take time and just be affected person about it.”
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