China’s Yin takes PGA title; runner-up Saso $.8M richer

NEW YORK—China’s Yin Ruoning sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole on Sunday to win the Women’s PGA Championship for her first major title.

The 20-year-old from Shanghai fired a four-under par 67 to finish 72 holes at Baltusrol on eight-under 276 and defeat by one stroke Yuka Saso, now representing Japan after spending her amateur years playing for the Philippines.

Yin took the $1.5 million top prize and became only the second woman from China to win a major title after Feng Shanshan, who captured the 2012 Women’s PGA crown.

“It’s amazing,” Yin said. “It’s just unreal.

Saso, a 22-year-old Philippine-born Japanese star who won the 2021 US Women’s Open, birdied the par-5 18th to match Yin for the lead at 7-under on the rain-soaked layout at Springfield, New Jersey.

Saso received a runner-up purse of $875,130, a whopping P48 million.