{"id":831871,"date":"2026-08-31T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/831871\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:00:13","slug":"chinese-star-ruoning-yin-wins-fm-championship-at-tpc-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/831871\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese star Ruoning Yin wins FM Championship at TPC Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORTON, Mass. \u2014 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/watch\/lpga\/ruoning-yin-takes-home-first-victory-since-2024-at-fm-championship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruoning Yin won the FM Championship on Sunday<\/a> at the TPC Boston for her sixth career LPGA Tour victory, outlasting Hyo Joo Kim.<\/p>\n<p>Yin ran in a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-5 12th for a share of the lead with playing partner Kim. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/lpga\/news\/2026-fm-championship-third-round-recap-ruoning-yin-birdie-chip-in-18th-hole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The 23-year-old Chinese player<\/a> parred the next five in breezy conditions and birdied the par-5 18th for a 2-under 70 and a two-stroke victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this one definitely boost my confidence a little bit,\u201d Yin said. \u201cI just want to enjoy the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim shot 71. She dropped back with a three-putt bogey on the par-3 16th, missing a 9-foot par try. The South Korean player \u2014 a<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/lpga\/news\/hyo-joo-kim-tops-nelly-korda-again-and-wins-on-lpga-for-2nd-straight-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> two-time winner this season<\/a> \u2014 missed a 7-foot birdie attempt on the par-3 17th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day it was Ronni,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n<p>Sei Young Kim chipped in for birdie on the par-3 11th to take a one-stroke lead in the final group, then dropped four shots on the next three holes with a double bogey and two bogeys. She shot 73 to tie for fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Yin won twice in 2023 and three times in 2024, with a span of 672 days since her last win in the 2024 Maybank Championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just been so long since my last win,\u201d Yin said. \u201cI know I work hard and also my team, my mom is here. Just everything comes together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allisen Corpuz was third at 11 under after a 68. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/lpga\/news\/meet-the-2026-u-s-solheim-cup-team-including-three-captains-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fellow U.S. Solheim Cup player Rose Zhang <\/a>(68) was another shot back with Sei Young Kim.<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked Nelly Korda finished T-50 at 1 over. She posted a final round 73 in her last competitive 18 holes before the Solheim Cup that runs Sept. 11-13 in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/watch\/lpga\/anna-nordqvist-finishes-final-round-of-career-fm-championship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">European captain Anna Nordqvist finished her final event on the LPGA Tour<\/a> in a tie for 38th. She was 1 under after 72 holes in New England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not really sure how to feel,\u201d Nordqvist told reporters on Sunday. \u201cNothing ever prepares you for this moment. I\u2019m definitely going to miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Ruoning Yin chips in for birdie at 18th hole to take FM Championship lead\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/lpga\/news\/2026-fm-championship-third-round-recap-ruoning-yin-birdie-chip-in-18th-hole\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"FM Championship 2026 - Round Three\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788177613_368_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ruoning Yin chipped in for birdie from just off the 18th green to take the third-round lead Saturday at TPC Boston in the FM Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTON, Mass. \u2014 Ruoning Yin won the FM Championship on Sunday at the TPC Boston for her sixth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-831871","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\/831871","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=831871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}