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Sunday 26 July 2026LPGA Tour · letYear in Review
Shin wins ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open
Dundonald Links, Gailes, Ayrshire, Scotland · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 July 2026 · Jenny Shin’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · ISPS HANDA
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/14°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/14°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 48 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/14°C · wind 32 km/h W, gusts 54 · 9.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/13°C · wind 29 km/h W, gusts 49 · 5.9 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
- A Lim Kim KOR · 281Closed with a 4-under 68 including four straight birdies to jump into second, but started too far back to catch wire-to-wire leader Shin (75); two shots short. Shin claims her first LPGA win in over a decade at Women's Scottish Open (AP, via TSN)
144 started · cut +6, 65 made it
Same week
LPGA event
ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open
Dundonald Links, Dundonald Links, Gailes, Ayrshire, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jenny Shin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 July 2026
Just stay in it. Don't sink the ship. Don't mess up. I definitely have that over and over, and it was quite grim after my third bogey
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 July 2026
And he's like, just be with me. Just stay here with me and look at me. Look at the ball and just commit to what you were doing all week.
Associated Press (via TSN)
26 July 2026
My first one didn't really feel like a win at the time. I didn't feel like I deserved it. It felt very accidental. But this one definitely feels a lot different.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenny Shin | 66 · 67 · 71 · 75 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | A Lim Kim | 67 · 72 · 74 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| 3 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | 71 · 69 · 69 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| 4 | Esther Henseleit | 70 · 68 · 73 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Miyu Yamashita | 70 · 74 · 70 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T5 | Lauren Coughlin | 66 · 74 · 74 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| 7 | Chanettee Wannasaen | 71 · 76 · 70 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Leona Maguire | 72 · 72 · 73 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Ryann O'Toole | 73 · 72 · 71 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Erika Hara | 70 · 70 · 71 · 76 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1992-10-07, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2010; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 98 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated event week (LPGA final-round notes; no weekly list PDF that week) (published by LPGA.com), row: ABOUT THE WINNER Rolex Rankings No. 98 Jenny Shin).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet