{"id":786054,"date":"2026-07-26T20:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/786054\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T20:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:26:08","slug":"jenny-shin-wins-for-first-time-in-3737-days-at-womens-scottish-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/786054\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Shin wins for first time in 3,737 days at Women’s Scottish Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jenny Shin won for the first time in more than a decade at the ISPS Handa Women\u2019s Scottish Open.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shin, whose first LPGA title came at the 2016 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout, tapped in for bogey on the 18th hole Sunday at Dundonald Links to end a 3,737-day drought.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first win didn\u2019t really feel like a win at the time. I didn\u2019t feel like I deserved it. But this one definitely feels a lot different,\u201d Shin said. \u201cThis one feels like I earned it. I worked hard for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

That she did. Shin led by five shots through 54 holes and by eight after her second hole in the final round. But three consecutive bogeys on Nos. 6-8, combined with four consecutive birdies by A Lim Kim on Nos. 9-12, saw Shin\u2019s advantage cut to two.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old, however, responded with a clutch par save on the ninth \u2014 to end the bogey run \u2014 and pair of birdies early on her back nine to give her the confidence and cushion needed to prevail. She closed with a couple of late bogeys for a 75, but good enough to finish two clear of Kim at 9 under.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust stay in it. Don\u2019t sink the ship. Don\u2019t mess up,\u201d Shin said she told herself during the round. \u201cI definitely have that over and over, and it was quite grim after my third bogey, and then to see the ball go off the green on No. 9, I was about to cry there. I was really happen see that I sunk that 7-footer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then to come back with a birdie on No. 10, I felt pretty comfortable. I felt like I was ready to really take on anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shin earned $300,000 for her victory and a two-year tour exemption.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started working with my putting coach four years ago, and he asked me what my goal was. I said I needed to win before I retire,\u201d Shin said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long, winding road for Shin, who was the youngest player (13) to win the U.S. Girls\u2019 Junior and turned professional four years later, in 2010.<\/p>\n

It took her six years to win on tour but the stretch thereafter proved more difficult. She even had times where she struggled to take the club back on her swing.<\/p>\n

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‘I need to win before I retire’: Shin achieves goal in emotional triumph<\/p>\n

Jenny Shin, winless since 2016, told her swing coach four years ago that she needed to win at least one more time before her career ended. She achieved that goal at the Women’s Scottish Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a pretty rough patch in my career. This is my 16th (season) and from Year 8 to probably 12, I really struggled out here. I didn\u2019t know what my goal was or motivation. So I spent a lot of my prime years searching for who I am. And I don\u2019t regret spending that time at all but I learned a lot about who I am and what I want,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd COVID really turned around my entire life. I feel like the last four years, I\u2019ve kind of found a spark again to really love \u2014 because I\u2019ve always loved golf. It\u2019s just this job is so hard. This is such a difficult job. And to find love and to continue to love this job is incredibly difficult. So I found that spark after COVID, and I\u2019m really glad I did because my No. 1 goal was win again. I\u2019m going to do everything I can to win again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jenny Shin won for the first time in more than a decade at the ISPS Handa Women\u2019s Scottish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-786054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}