China’s Yin Ruoning turned the world primary in girls’s golf on Sunday by ending third on the LPGA Queen City Championship.
The 20-year-old turned solely the second Chinese girl to say the world primary rating after Feng Shanshan, who reached the summit from November 2017 to April 2018.
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“It means a lot. For me it’s like dream come true,” Yin stated.
“I’ve got goosebumps. World number one is the big step on the way to chasing Shanshan.”
Yin will play on a Chinese group coached by Feng within the Asian Games, which open on September 23 on dwelling soil at Hangzhou.
“I didn’t get a lot of chance to chat with Shanshan,” Yin stated. “But I’m looking forward to going back to China and play the Asian Games and spend more time with her, considering she’s the head coach on our national team.”
Yin, who wanted a top-four consequence to overhaul American Lilia Vu for the highest spot, missed out by two strokes on a playoff for the Queen City title between Australia’s Minjee Lee, who received the title with a birdie on the second further gap, and England’s Charley Hull.
But Yin fired a final-round five-under par 67 to complete third on 14-under 274 at Kenwood Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, and change into the fifth completely different participant atop the rankings this 12 months.
“It’s just amazing,” Yin stated.
“My mind is blank right now.”
Second-ranked Yin received her first main title in June on the Women’s PGA Championship, two months after accumulating her first LPGA victory on the LA Open.
Others atop the rankings this 12 months included New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, Americans Vu and Nelly Korda and South Korea’s Ko Jin-young.
Vu’s three triumphs this 12 months included main wins on the Chevron Championship in April and the Women’s British Open in August.
Yin by no means managed to share the lead, settling for her fourth third-place end in 5 occasions, however did what she wanted to leap to the highest of the rankings.
“I’m pretty comfortable,” Yin stated. “Just every week I know I’m in good spot and every week I can put myself into that winning circle. It’s just amazing to see I can play good, but also consistent.”
Yin sandwiched birdies on the par-5 second and fourth holes round one other on the par-3 third to cost into third early.
She started the again 9 with a birdie and added one other on the par-5 fifteenth to solidify her maintain on the spot, then parred her solution to the clubhouse.
“Before this week, I know (depending on) what position I finish, I can be the world number one,” Yin stated. “I just keep that in my mind.
“Last hole I checked the leaderboard. I was like, ‘OK, another week finishing third, but I’m assuming I’ll be the world number one.’”