FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship
Battle Creek Country Club | Battle Creek, MI | July 29-31, 2022
Hometown/Resides: Tianjin, China
Birthdate: December 8, 2004; currently 17 years, 7 months, and 23 days
Qualified for the Epson Tour: Finished second at the 2021 LPGA and Epson Tour Qualifying Tournament Stage II to first earn membership
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2022
VICTORIES
- Epson Tour: First career victory
- LPGA Tour: N/A
- Previous Wins: 2021 China Amateur Golf Open Final, 2021 Sunshine State Amateur
MONEY
- With the win, Yin earns $30,000; she has earned $55,966 this season and $55,966 in her Epson Tour career.
RACE FOR THE CARD
- With the win and $30,000 winner’s check, Yin is projected to jump from No. 24 to No. 5 in the 2022 Race for the Card.
PREVIOUS EPSON TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES
- LPGA Tour: N/A
Epson Tour: T5 at the 2022 Carolina Golf Classic presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, T6 at the 2022 Twin Bridges Championship
2022 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE EPSON TOUR
- Made six cuts in nine starts with one win and four additional top-10 finishes.
OF NOTE
- Defeated Gina Kim in a one-hole playoff
- Wire-to-wire winner
- Eighth first time champion on the 2022 season
- Finished 24th at the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur
- Had ten wins and 16 top-10 finishes as an amateur
- Her highest World Amateur Golf Ranking was No. 7
- Finished T16 at the 2021 Women’s Asia-Pacific Amateur
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