2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship: Ruoning Yin wins at Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course)
Ruoning Yin won the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey, United States with 276 (−8), by 1 stroke over Yuka Saso.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- June 22, 2023 to June 25, 2023
- Course
- Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey, United States
- Edition
- 69th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,581 yards
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 79 (cut at 147)
- Purse
- $10,000,000 · winner's share $1,500,000
- Champion
- Ruoning Yin · age 20 · China · born Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- World ranking
- No. 25 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 67-73-69-67 = 276 (−8) · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- Yuka Saso (277)
- 54-hole leader
- Leona Maguire · Ruoning Yin was 3 strokes back
- Caddie
- Jon Lehman
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruoning Yin | 67 | 73 | 69 | 67 | 276 | −8 |
| 2 | Yuka Saso | 277 |
What happened at the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Yin birdied the par-5 7th and Nos. 13 and 14 in a closing 67 during a final round suspended for dangerous weather, while 54-hole leader Leona Maguire shot 74 to tie for 11th.
Yin rolled in a 15-footer for birdie at the par-5 18th to finish one ahead of Yuka Saso and become the second Chinese major champion after Shanshan Feng.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's KPMG Women's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Sources
- kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com: kpmg womens pga championship winners
- thegolfnewsnet.com: kpmg womens pga championship history results and past…
- Wikipedia: 2023 Women's PGA Championship
- Wikipedia: Women's PGA Championship
- Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
- Wikipedia: Yin Ruoning
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- golfdigest.com: ruoning yin wins 2023 kpmg womens pga championshio
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