The 20-year-old golfer from Shanghai returned a final card of 67, four under par for a total of 276 (8 under par) one stroke ahead of Japan’s Yuka Saso. Yin Ruoning is the second Chinese player to win the LPGA Championship, 11 years after Feng Shanshan.
Final ranking (par 71) :1 Yin Ruoning (CHN) -8 (67-73-69-67)2 Yucca Saso (JPN) -7 (69-73-69-66)3 Carlota Ciganda (ESP) – 6 (72-73-69-64). Anna Nordqvist (SWE) -6 (74-73-66-65). Lin Xiu (CHN) -6 (67-71-73-67). Megan Khang -6 (74-70-67-67). Stephanie Meadow (NIR) -6 (73-68-67-70)8. Ayaka Furue (JPN) -5 (69-75-69-66). Rose Zhang (CHN) -5 (70-74-68-67). Jenny Shin (KOR) – 5 (69-72-66-72)1 Perrine Delacour (FRA) -4 (71-75-70-64)
