Angel Yin walked off the 18th green at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles with a USGA pin attached to her shirt where a logo used to be stitched. The pin was a gift from a tournament official, but it underscored the fact that a 23-year-old former Solheim Cup player has no sponsors. Nothing on her hat, her shirt or her bag.
Earlier this year, Yin took the place of defending champion Lydia Ko, who tested positive for COVID-19, at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International. Yin tied for 10th at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club and said she couldn’t pass up another opportunity to work on her game and make money. She compared the quality of the Saudi tournament to a top-tier LPGA event like the Cognizant Founders Cup.
Yin, who admittedly hasn’t watched the news much to read up on the latest in human rights conditions in Saudi Arabia, was heartened by the number of young girls on the range each day for clinics, and what she’d heard from Americans on the ground about strides being made by the Kingdom.
