Feng Shanshan is the second person in history after that! Yin Ruoning staged a super reversal to win the LPGA Grand Slam for the first time
On June 26, Beijing time, the second Grand Slam of the year for golf women, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, ended in New Jersey, and Yin Ruoning from Shanghai, China, won her first Grand Slam championship with a one-shot advantage with a super reversal in the final round. She also became the second Chinese mainland player to win a Grand Slam since Shanshan Feng won the LPGA Championship on June 11, 2012!
"When I got on the 18th tee, I looked at the scoreboard and saw I was still one shot ahead. But after kicking off, I saw Yuka Sasai playing a very beautiful birdie ball. At this time, I knew that I had to play a -1 to win the championship," Yin Ruoning said with a smile in an interview after the game, "I'm glad I did it!" ”
The 20-year-old Chinese said she had been hitting well for days, missing just six greens in four rounds. "Before the competition, I talked to the physiotherapist about today's goal, in fact, I didn't care if I could win, so I thought about not having three pushes, and I did it," Yin Ruoning told reporters.
In April this year, Yin Ruoning won his first LPGA title at the Los Angeles Open. At that time, she said that senior player Feng Shanshan is a role model for herself to learn from and catch up. And for Yin Ruoning's performance, Feng Shanshan also gave full affirmation, "It can be said that Yin Ruoning is a dark horse, although her performance in China is very good, and everyone can see that she is a competition-type player, but after all, she is still young, and she has just arrived in the United States for a year, and she can successfully keep the full card of the LPGA in the first year, we all already think that she is very good, and we can slowly improve herself in the future." ”
In a previous interview with Sohu Sports, Feng Shanshan said frankly that she did not expect Yin Ruoning to win the first personal LPGA title at the end of winter training after last season, "She also fell behind in the whole game, but her strong aura allowed her to win the championship at the last moment, which is the main factor." Feng Shanshan pointed out that although Yin Ruoning was very young, and the players who competed with her at that time were very experienced, the Chinese girl was not daunted at all, but overwhelmed the other party from the momentum, "In the end, the opponent made a mistake and she hit the bird, so as to win the championship." I see in her a lot of qualities that make her a top player," Feng emphasized.
As Feng Shanshan said, strong psychological quality is Yin Ruoning's biggest weapon to win the championship. Speaking of this, the little girl revealed that everything stemmed from her own pre-match concerns not too much, "As I said earlier, my goal is not to have three pushes. Because I hit 5 bogeys the other day, 4 of them were caused by three pushes. No three pushes today, it's good. ”
"A big thank you to the staff at Buttersloh Golf Club and the tour and of course the fans, you guys are really fantastic! I would also like to thank the sponsors, without whom I would not be where we are today. Finally, I want to thank my mom and dad, now I am a little emotionally excited, thank you for supporting me from day one, I love you all! Yin Ruoning finally said.
Yin Ruoning, who is only 20 years old, is a Shanghai girl and a new generation of players on the Chinese national golf team. Yin Ruoning's father, Yin Jie, is a native of Chongming Miao Town, with more than 20 years of golf experience, and is regarded as a "master" in the domestic amateur football industry. "The first year is always the hardest. Every week is a new city, a new stadium. Yin Ruoning attributed her greatest help to her father Yin Jie who came to the United States to accompany her, "And this year, my father traveled with me. It feels really good when you have family around. "Interestingly, Yin Ruoning High School attended Chengqiao Middle School in Chongming.
Another Chinese player, Lin Xiyu, was two shots behind and tied for third place.