Ruoning Yin won the star-studded LPGA's Dio Implant L.A. Open on Sunday, April 2. The 20-year-old played on her fifth LPGA Tour and registered a one-stroke victory over Georgia Hall.
With this victory, Yin took home $262,500 in prize money from the total purse of $1.75 million.
Ruoning Yin played the first round of 68 and then the other rounds of 64, 67, and 70 to clinch the trophy with a total score of 269.
Georgia Hall finished at a scoring deficit of 14 after playing the four rounds of 69, 72, 62, and 67.
Ruoning Yin competed at the LPGA Drive On Championship last week and finished at T16 and within a week she won her first LPGA Tour.
Having turned professional at the age of 17, Ruoning Yin mostly played on the China Tour before joining the LPGA. She is the youngest player to win the LPGA Tour since Atthaya Thitikul.
LPGA’s 2023 Dio Implant LA Open leaderboard
Here's the complete leaderboard of the LPGA's 2023 Dio Implant LA Open:
- 1 Ruoning Yin: -15
- 2 Georgia Hall: -14
- T3 Patty Tavatanakit: -12
- T3 Hyo Joo Kim: -12
- T5 Carlota Ciganda: -11
- T5 Nelly Korda: -11
- T7 Minami Katsu: -10
- T7 Danielle Kang: -10
- T7 Nasa Hataoka: -10
- 10 Atthaya Thitikul: -9
- T11 Lilia Vu: -8
- T11 Perrine Delacour: -8
- T13 Lizette Salas: -7
- T13 Maja Stark: -7
- T13 Megan Khang: -7
- T13 Maude-Aimee Leblanc: -7
- 17 Hinako Shibuno: -6
- T18 Hye-Jin Choi -5
- T18 Wichanee Meechai -5
- T18 Pajaree Anannarukarn -5
- T18 Hae Ran Ryu -5
- T18 Charley Hull -5
- T18 Jessica Korda -5
- T18 Lucy Li -5
- T25 Jennifer Kupcho -4
- T25 Chella Choi -4
- T25 Moriya Jutanugarn -4
- T25 Mina Harigae -4
- T25 Matilda Castren -4
- T25 Hannah Green -4
- T25 Sarah Schmelzel -4
- T25 Jin Young Ko -4
- T25 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -4
- T34 Lydia Ko -3
- T34 Xiyu Lin -3
- T34 Gemma Dryburgh -3
- T34 Frida Kinhult -3
- T38 Esther Henseleit -2
- T38 Jasmine Suwannapura -2
- T38 Mi Hyang Lee -2
- T38 Caroline Inglis -2
- T38 Marina Alex -2
- T43 Stacy Lewis -1
- T43 Yuna Nishimura -1
- T43 Lauren Hartlage -1
- T43 Gina Kim -1
- T47 Sung Hyun Park E
- T47 Amy Yang E
- T47 Pernilla Lindberg E
- T47 Lauren Coughlin E
- T47 Cheyenne Knight E
- T47 Yealimi Noh E
- T47 Sarah Kemp E
- T54 A Lim Kim 1
- T54 Jenny Shin 1
- T54 Brittany Altomare 1
- T54 Pauline Roussin 1
- T54 Paula Creamer 1
- T59 Grace Kim 2
- T59 Amanda Doherty 2
- T61 Allisen Corpuz 3
- T61 Yu Liu 3
- T61 Leona Maguire 3
- T61 Wei-Ling Hsu 3
- T65 Ryann O'Toole 4
- T65 Jennifer Song 4
- T65 Paula Reto 4
- T65 Lauren Stephenson 4
- T65 Alison Lee 4
- T65 Linnea Strom 4
- T71 Stephanie Kyriacou 5
- T71 Jaravee Boonchant 5
- T71 Mel Reid 5 71
- T74 Haeji Kang 7
- T74 Ruixin Liu 7
- 76 Polly Mack 8
- 77 Mariajo Uribe 9
- 78 Cristie Kerr 10
