KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Starting her final round in a three-way tie for the lead, Yin Ruoning shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday to win the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship in Malaysia by one stroke for her second title this month. Yin, of China, finished at 23-under 265 after a safe two-putt on the final hole. She held off Thai player Jeeno Thitikul (66), who was also runner-up at last year's event after losing the second longest playoff in LPGA Tour history.Yin had a dominant six-shot win at LPGA Shanghai earlier this month and also won the Dow Championship in June, where she partnered with Thitikul.“I had such great year last year, I was wondering if I can win again, what if I can’t, such things,

CHINA’s world number four Yin Ruoning fired seven birdies en route to winning the US$3 million (about RM13 million) 2024 Maybank Championship, pipping...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Starting her final round in a three-way tie for the lead, Yin Ruoning shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday to win the LPGA Tour's Maybank Championship in Malaysia by one stroke for her second title this month. Yin of China finished at 23-under 265 after a…

Starting her final round in a three-way tie for the lead, Yin Ruoning shot a 7-under 65 to win the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship in Malaysia by one stroke for her second title this month.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Jeeno Thitikul lost a lengthy playoff at the LPGA Tour's Maybank Championship in 2023. On Saturday she shot an 8-under 64 to leave her in a three-way tie for the lead after three rounds and with a chance to win the tournament outright this year.The Thai player had a three-round total of 16-under 200 on the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club course. She was tied with Ruoning Yin (66) and Haeran Ryu (67) going into Sunday's final round.Last year Thitikul lost in a playoff to Celine Boutier of France. The two players tied for first place at 21-under par, then played a nine-hole playoff which the French player won. The playoff tied for the second-longest in LPGA Tour history.“It’s been like a heaven week, to be honest,” Thitikul said Saturday. “You know, like KL (Kuala Lumpur) is close to Thailand and I feel like it's a second home here. All the fans cheering out here, it’s really nice and amazing to be here. And then also the golf course, it’s one of my favorites so far.”Second-round…

Jeeno Thitikul lost a lengthy playoff at the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship in 2023.