Angel Yin Returns to LPGA After Health Scare, Solheim Cup Looms

By Staff Writer

August 26, 2026

2 min read

Key takeaways

Angel Yin is down 35 pounds after a stomach illness forced her out of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in late June.
She played nine holes Monday ahead of this week's FM Championship in Boston, her first start since the withdrawal.
Yin qualified No. 2 on the U.S. Solheim Cup points list and hopes to play Sept. 11-13 in the Netherlands.
She has a 5-3-1 record across three prior Solheim Cup appearances.
Captain Angela Stanford must name two alternates in case Yin cannot play.

Angel Yin returned to LPGA competition this week at the FM Championship in Boston, her first start since a stomach illness sent her to the emergency room and later hospitalized her for six days in late June. The 27-year-old is down 35 pounds and says she is now pain-free, though she has lost muscle and distance.

What happened to Angel Yin?

Yin's ordeal began June 25, after the first round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Hazeltine National. She went to a Minnesota emergency room overnight with stomach pain and nausea, was released with medicine, then returned to the ER the next morning before being admitted to the hospital for six days. She withdrew from that major and missed two more events afterward. Her diet since has consisted of water, rice, boiled chicken, fruit and cooked vegetables.

Can Angel Yin play the Solheim Cup?

Yin qualified No. 2 on the U.S. Solheim Cup points list and would make her fourth appearance in the biennial competition, scheduled for Sept. 11-13 at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. She played nine holes Monday at TPC Boston and plans to update captain Angela Stanford on her condition this week before a final decision is made. Yin says she won't fly to Amsterdam unless she's certain she can compete.

Yin says she won't fly to Amsterdam unless she's certain she can compete.

"The last thing I want to do is drag the team down," Yin said. Stanford has stayed in touch with Yin throughout her recovery while giving her room to decide, and Solheim Cup rules require the captain to name two alternates in case a qualified player cannot compete — a call assistant captain Paula Creamer has helped Stanford weigh, given her own experience as both a pick and an alternate.

What is Angel Yin's Solheim Cup record?

A two-time LPGA winner, Yin has a 5-3-1 record across three prior Solheim Cup appearances — as a captain's pick in 2017 and 2023 and via Rolex Rankings points in 2019. Stanford announced her three captain's picks Monday, and all 12 U.S. players and captains had dinner together that evening in Boston.