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Sunday 27 October 2024LPGA TourYear in Review
Yin wins Maybank Championship
Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (West Course), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 October 2024 · Ruoning Yin’s win no. 5 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Maybank
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/25°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/25°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 45 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/24°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/24°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jeeno Thitikul THA · 266Played in the final group with Yin; finished one shot back as Yin closed with 65. Golf News Net final results
78 started
Same week
LPGA event
Maybank Championship
Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (West Course), Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (West Course), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ruoning Yin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 October 2024
I would say that was a really tough battle out there, and Haeran and Jeeno, they are really, really good and they just bring the best version of myself.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 October 2024
I would say my mental is next level I would say, because early this year I was really stressed because I had really good year last year
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruoning Yin | 67 · 67 · 66 · 65 | 265 | −23 |
| 2 | Jeeno Thitikul | 67 · 69 · 64 · 66 | 266 | −22 |
| 3 | Haeran Ryu | 64 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Bailey Tardy | 69 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Maja Stark | 66 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Hannah Green | 71 · 69 · 68 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Hye-Jin Choi | 68 · 66 · 73 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Wei-Ling Hsu | 65 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Marina Alex | 69 · 64 · 71 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Brooke Henderson | 69 · 73 · 66 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | 69 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 2002-09-28, Kunming, China; CHN; turned pro 2020; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 1; world No. 4 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2024-10-21 (published by LPGA.com), row: 4 ‐‐ ‐2 Yin, Ruoning ‐ 6803 CHN 39 245.8555 6.3040).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet