Ruoning Yin defends Shanghai title, earns 7th LPGA win

Ruoning Yin wins the 2026 Buick LPGA Shanghai, defending her title and earning back-to-back LPGA Tour victories.

By Josh Schrock · Golf

Published: Sunday, 18 October 2026 at 7:57 PM

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Ruoning Yin successfully defended her Buick LPGA Shanghai title to capture her seventh career LPGA Tour victory.
The victory marks Yin's second consecutive tournament win following her prior triumph at the FM Championship.
Yin hit all 14 fairways on Sunday and led the tournament field by hitting 55 of 72 greens.

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Ruoning Yin won the Buick LPGA Shanghai on Sunday, successfully defending her title and securing her seventh career LPGA Tour victory. The 23-year-old Chinese golfer bounced back from an over-par second round to finish nine under over the final 36 holes, sealing the win with two birdies in her last three holes in front of a home crowd.

The triumph marks Yin's second consecutive LPGA Tour victory following her win at the FM Championship. She joins Danielle Kang as only the second multiple-time winner of the event, while surpassing $3 million in season earnings and rising to fifth in the Race to the CME Globe.

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