Yin ends two-year title drought with FM Championship win

China's Yin Ruoning held her nerve to end her two-year title drought and claim the sixth LPGA Tour victory of her career with a two-shot triumph at the FM Championship on Sunday.

Yin, 23, endured a roller-coaster round before carding a closing two-under-par 70 to finish the tournament on 14-under.

The 2023 Women's PGA Championship winner rattled in five birdies and three bogeys on her way to victory at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts.

Yin finished with a crucial birdie four on the par-5 18th to complete her first win on the tour since 2024.

"I was really emotional when I was on the 18th green and just felt like all the hard work paid off," Yin said afterward.

"Just really happy how I grinded out there today."

Yin admitted she had been nervously looking over her shoulder at playing partners Kim Hyo-joo and Kim Sei-young down the stretch.

Kim Hyo-joo shot a one-under-par 71 to finish on 12-under, while Kim Sei-young carded a one-over-par 73 to tie with Rose Zhang for fourth place, one back from Allisen Corpuz of the United States on 11-under.

"I felt like that was the longest 18th hole I've ever played — because they're just so good and they don't really make mistakes," Yin said.

Yin said she had doubted whether she would ever win another title after a frustrating sequence of near-misses this season and last year.

"I've had quite a few times where I was really close, but just kept missing by one or two," she said.

"I was always harsh on myself. I doubted if I could win on this tour again.

"I was not a happy person last year, but this year, I think I have learned a lot. The biggest thing I learned is that life comes from you, not at you. And that good things take time, just be patient about it."

Yin won twice in 2023 and three times in 2024, with a span of 672 days since her last win at the 2024 Maybank Championship.

"It's just been so long since my last win," Yin said.

"I know I work hard, and also my team, my mom is here. Just everything comes together."

She had to catch a midnight flight to China.

"I'll be back home and celebrate with my friends and my family," Yin said.

"I think I'm going to get some good sleep on the plane."

Top-ranked Nelly Korda tied for 50th at 1-over after a 73 in the final event before the Sept 11-13 Solheim Cup matches in the Netherlands.

European captain Anna Nordqvist finished her final event on the LPGA Tour in a tie for 38th. She was 1-under after a 72.

Scheffler takes FedEx Cup

Scottie Scheffler's second FedEx Cup title, and his 22nd victory on the PGA Tour during this astonishing five-year run, was different from all the others, even if it looked all too familiar.

Scheffler celebrated with a beer.

He had just closed with a 4-under 66 in the Tour Championship on Sunday — no one else from the leading six players broke par — and Scheffler had to wait for the last two groups to finish to make it official.

"There was an open bar inside, and I'm like, 'alright, I'm grabbing a beer.' It tasted great," Scheffler said.

"I don't really drink often. My wife and manager were like, 'wow, I haven't seen you have a beer in a long time.' Well, season's over now. I'm going to have a beer. A well-earned beer."

There was no arguing that, and there's no longer a debate over who had the best season in golf.

Scheffler took care of that at East Lake, when he made up a three-shot deficit in four holes and pulled away to win the Tour Championship, claim a second FedEx Cup title and move past Tiger Woods for most PGA Tour earnings.

Scheffler signaled his rally with a 5-iron to within two inches of the cup on the 211-yard second hole. He caught Viktor Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth hole, pulled ahead for the first time on the 13th and wound up with a three-shot victory.

It was his first time at the Tour Championship with the low 72-hole score.

When he won in 2024, he had a two-shot lead before the tournament began, given to the No 1 seed under the "starting strokes" format.

He won by four shots, even though two other players had a lower actual score.

That still bugs him.

"When you're coming down the stretch of a tournament and you're tied, or one shot back, it's different than when you're adding it up at the end and there's starting strokes and all that stuff," Scheffler said.

"I think having a real tournament to finish the year, where I am the winner and the lowest score at East Lake, feels like a bit more of an accomplishment."

Scheffler won for the third time this year — twice in the last three weeks during the PGA Tour's postseason — to match Chris Gotterup, Matt Fitzpatrick and US Open champion Wyndham Clark for most titles in 2026.