Three tour professionals from Hacienda Golf Club will compete in the US Open and US Women's Open: Mark Anguiano, Angel Yin, and Jenny Shin. Hacienda has a program that provides playing privileges to attract and develop elite players, which benefits both the pros and the club's growing junior golf program. The club's difficult course and culture of top juniors and pros practicing together has helped separate Hacienda and supported the success of these three players in qualifying for the national championships.

1. 3 Hacienda Tour Professionals U.S. Open Bound
This year Hacienda Golf Club will be well represented at the United States Open
at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania and the United States Women’s Open at
CordeValle Golf Resort in San Martin, California. For the first time in club history, three
of our tour professional members will compete in tournaments that are regarded as the
toughest tests in golf. Mark Anguiano (23), Angel Yin (18), and Jenny Shin (23) all call
Hacienda “home” thanks to our Tour Professional Playing Privileges Program
established years ago by our Board of Directors. The goal of this program is to leverage
our unique golf culture at Hacienda by attracting and developing elite players. It also
adds tremendous value to our member experience, particularly our growing junior golf
corps.
Hacienda has long been a friend of junior golf. The difficult golf course attracts
many families looking to give their kids, or associate members, a place to practice, play,
and improve their games. In recent years, Hacienda has had a large group of these
associate members excel in the game. We now have multiple AJGA champions and
Division I college players at our club. Last year, we even had one of our associate
members, Beth Lillie at age 16, play in her first U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster
Country Club. One year later, we have three more players from Hacienda competing for
the National Title!
Over time, our elite group of junior and college players expanded and created a
playing culture that contradicted Hacienda’s traditionally buttoned up persona. On any
given afternoon, you can wander down to the range and see a group of these
youngsters engaged in heated putting contests, or go out on the course and find them
challenging each other in matches. The Tour Professional Playing Privileges Program is

2. the perfect complement for our young developing players. Now when you go out on the
course or down to the range, you can see pros, juniors and college players playing and
practicing together. You would be hard pressed to find another golf club in Southern
California where something like this is happening. The new energy and elite play that
can be felt and seen at Hacienda is what separates it from other clubs. It is no surprise
that three of our players are going to the U.S. Open this year. At Hacienda, it was bound
to happen.
Mark Anguiano became part of the Tour Professional Playing Privileges Program
in June 2015. He is from Whittier, California and went to high school down the road at
La Serna. He qualified for the U.S. Open after shooting -9 at sectional qualifying at
Olympic Club and Lake Merced Golf Club. He was one of six players to qualify, finishing
T2. Mark played four years at Cal State Fullerton and helped his team earn two Big
West Conference titles his junior and senior years. His senior year, he won the Big West
Player of the Year award and finished the season with a 69.72 scoring average. Mark
completed his senior year with two collegiate wins and won PING All-West Team
honors. Mark also had a decorated amateur career, winning the Sahalee Players
Championship in 2014 and competing in many other prestigious amateur events such
as the U.S. Amateur, Western Amateur, California State Amateur, and the Pacific Coast
Amateur where he lead the SCGA team to a Morse Cup victory. After finishing his time
as a Titan, Mark turned professional. In 2014, he played in the Alfred Dunhill Links
Championship, a European Tour Event. In 2015 he competed in four Web.com events,
earning one top 25. He now is a member of the PGA Tour Latinoamerica and has
conditional status on the Web.com tour for 2016. Mark says, “Hacienda has helped me
prepare for tournaments much better than any other golf course in the area. The
championship layout really demands your game to be on in all facets and it’s very easy
to just go out on the golf course any time you want and work on your game.” He agrees
that Hacienda is a cut above the other golf courses and clubs in the area adding,
“These are the only bent grass greens in the area. All other courses in the area have
poa annua greens, which are not as fast and consistent as Hacienda’s greens.
Hacienda is truly a tour pro’s dream practice facility.” When asked about how
Hacienda’s unique club culture has helped his game, he notes, “Having a lot of good
junior and college players here is perfect example of what a good golf course brings out.
It is very enjoyable for me to play with all these players because it not only brings out
the best in them; it brings out the best in me.” He also wants the membership to know, “I
am very grateful for the opportunity Hacienda has given me to have a new home base. I
am also grateful for the wonderful people that support me here at Hacienda as well.
Being here has allowed me to make new connections and be around a group of people
who truly appreciate this championship golf course.”
Angel Yin, from Arcadia, California became part of the Tour Professionals
Playing Privileges Program in winter 2016. She qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open at
Industry Hills on the Ike Course shooting a 36 hole total of even par, 144. She was one
of two players to qualify and battled for her spot in a playoff against Veronica Felibert of
Venezuela. She is a newly turned professional as of 2016 who enjoyed a decorated
junior golf career. In 2010 at the age of 13, she played in her first U.S. Open and was
the youngest player in the field. Before she turned professional, Angel was ranked the
sixth best amateur in the world. She was ranked first on Junior Golf Scoreboard,

3. Golfweek, and AJGA Polo rankings. She earned Rolex Junior All-American honors a
total of four years, earning First-Team honors two of those years. In 2013, she finished
T55 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, an LPGA event. In 2015, Angel won the
prestigious ANNIKA Invitational with a score of -12. That same year, she also earned
two top 10 finishes at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship and the Rolex Tournament
of Champions. Angel finished runner-up at the 2015 U.S. Junior Girls Championship
and earned medalist honors at the 2014 U.S. Junior Girls Championship and 2015 U.S.
Women’s Amateur Championship. She also was a member of the 2015 PING Junior
Solheim Cup and a two time winner of the California Women’s Amateur Championship.
We asked Angel to tell us how she feels about having privileges at Hacienda and what it
means to her. She says, “I love it. It’s great. Other country clubs usually have more
adult members rather than juniors and college players. Hacienda allows so many
professionals, juniors and college players to play. It is good because we can practice
together at the same level. Practicing together makes us all better. It is a huge honor [to
be a part of the program]. It is such a prestigious golf course. It means a lot for me to be
able to practice here.” Angel also notes that Hacienda is a great place for her to
prepare, “It is [a] really long [course] which helps me practice for tournaments and get
the feel for what it will be like. The greens are fast and there is slope which [also] helps
me [prepare].”
Jenny Shin became part of the Tour Professionals Playing Privileges Program in
2012. She qualified for the U.S. Open by way of her Rolex Ranking, which is 26th in the
world. She is an established player on the LPGA, with over $2,000,000 in career
earnings and is 13th on the Official Money List. She recently won her first LPGA event
in April of 2016 at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout. Jenny is ranked the
number 1 player on the LPGA in sand saves and 13th in driving accuracy. She
expresses her gratitude to the members for giving her playing privileges.
We are truly proud to have these three players playing in the U.S. Open and
Women’s Open this year. We wish them the best of luck, not only at the Open, but in
their future careers. Hacienda is happy to play a part in helping tour professionals follow
their dreams and hopes to continue to do so well into the future. Our championship golf
course allows elite players to tremendously improve their games, and fosters
championship golf at the highest level. Thank you to all our members who have
supported these three U.S. Open bound pros. They are grateful to call Hacienda Golf
Club home.