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Sunday 30 August 2026LPGA TourYear in Review
Yin wins FM Championship
TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 August 2026 · Ruoning Yin’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $4,400,000 USD · FM
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/17°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 45 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 27 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/16°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/16°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 2.2 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
- Hyo Joo Kim KOR · 276Shared the lead with playing partner Yin after Yin's birdie at 12; three-putt bogey at the par-3 16th and a missed 7-foot birdie try at 17, closed 71 to lose by two. Chinese star Ruoning Yin wins FM Championship at TPC Boston (AP, via PIX11)
144 started · cut E, 67 made it
Same week
LPGA event
FM Championship
TPC Boston, TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ruoning Yin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 2026
Yeah, I mean, today, like I said at the ceremony, I felt like this is the longest 18 hole I ever played because they're just so good and they don't really make mistakes.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 2026
I think I got 204 to the flag and then it's downwind off the right a little bit. I think just perfect 5-iron for me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 2026
(Through translation.) It kept going back and forth with the scores on who would win so no one knew; at the end of the day it was Ronni.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruoning Yin | 71 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Hyo Joo Kim | 68 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Allisen Corpuz | 68 · 67 · 74 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Rose Zhang | 72 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Sei Young Kim | 64 · 74 · 67 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Brooke Matthews | 72 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Miyu Yamashita | 65 · 70 · 75 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Jenny Bae | 68 · 68 · 72 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Jeeno Thitikul | 72 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Haeran Ryu | 68 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Jin Hee Im | 70 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Somi Lee | 66 · 72 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 2002-09-28, Kunming, China; CHN; turned pro 2020; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 8 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2026-08-24 (published by LPGA.com), row: 8 ‐‐ ‐1 Yin, Ruoning ‐ 6803 CHN 39 215.4351 5.5240).
What’s in the bag
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