LPGA Tour: 2022 Dana Open presented by Marathon – Second-Round Notes; Ruoning Yin tied for 2nd

Dana Open presented by Marathon

Highland Meadows Golf Club| Sylvania, Ohio| Sept. 1-4, 2022

Second-Round Notes

Sept. 2, 2022

Course Setup: 34-37—71, 6,594 yards

Scoring Averages: R1 – 70.960; R2 – 70.612

Weather: Mixed to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the afternoon reaching the mid-80s; light and variable winds in the morning trending SSE and peaking 6-12 mph in the afternoon

Ruoning Yin
Ruoning Yin LPGA Tour tied for 2nd 2022 Dana Open 2nd Round 9 2 2022.mp3

Rolex Rankings No. 421, Ruoning Yin (65-69)

  • Yin hit 12 of 14 fairways and 13 of 18 greens, with 25 putts
  • Her 134 bests her previous 36-hole record by six shots, 140, recorded at the 2022 DIO Implant LA Open
  • Her first-round was 65 is a new career-low on the LPGA Tour; her previous best was a 68 recorded in the second round of the Palos Verdes Championship presented by Bank of America
  • This is Yin’s first appearance in the Dana Open presented by Marathon
  • This is her 10th event of the 2022 season; she’s made two cuts, with a season-best result of T26 at the Palos Verdes Championship
  • Yin is a 2022 LPGA Tour rookie; her career-best result is the T26 from the Palos Verdes Championship
  • She finished T4 at the 2021 LPGA Q-Series to first earn Tour status for this season
  • Yin turned professional in 2020, primarily playing on the CLPGA and is a three-time winner on that Tour
  • She won nine titles in 2019 as a junior amateur and was ranked as high as 64th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings

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