It was another last-minute caddie switch for American Angel Yin. For a second week in a row, Yin’s regular caddie, Michelle Simpson, fell ill, only this time it was midway through the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship.
Yin called on a friend who’d just flown in from Hawaii, to sub in for the rest of the round. She then reached out to the man who helped her out last week in Thailand, where she won her second career LPGA title. Sakchai “Tom” Sirimaya filled in at the last minute ahead of the first round at the Honda LPGA Thailand. This time, he made the two-hour flight over to Singapore late Thursday night to lend a hand.
“He arrived at midnight and he has more energy than me,” said Yin. “It’s honestly really, really cool.”
Sirimaya played professionally on the All Thailand Golf Tour and Thailand PGA Tour and currently caddies for Thaworn Wiratchant on the PGA Senior Tour Japan.
“Everybody keeps calling him a local caddie but he’s actually a professional caddie,” said Yin. “Caddies on the Asian Tour and the senior Japanese Tour. That’s why he has so much experience and that’s why he helped me win.”
Yin followed an opening 76 with a 68, vaulting up the leaderboard into a share of 23rd. She trails leader A Lim Kim by seven strokes.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Angel Yin flew in last-minute caddie from Thailand to Singapore
