Kevin McAlpine, Lexi Thompson’s former caddie and as soon as married to Anna Nordqvist, out of the blue handed away this week. He was 39.

“We will affirm that Kevin has handed away in America,” Hamish McAlpine, Kevin’s father and a former soccer star, advised The Courier. “We’re utterly in the dead of night about what has occurred. It’s true that he has been unwell however we believed he was on the mend.

“There may be to be an post-mortem and in the mean time there’s little or no we will say. We actually don’t need to discuss this at this stage. As a household, we’re utterly devastated. You’ll be able to think about how we’re feeling.”

McAlpine gained the 2006 Scottish Beginner and performed faculty golf at Colorado State College. He later ditched an expert golf profession and labored in gross sales, however then returned to the game as a caddie. He landed on Thompson’s bag in 2017 they usually labored collectively for 18 months.

McAlpine married Nordqvist, a three-time main champion, in 2022. Nonetheless, Nordqvist introduced in August that they had been going by a divorce.

Nordqvist shot a gap 69 at this week’s BMW Girls Championship in Korea however then withdrew from the occasion to fly again to the U.S. following McAlpine’s passing.

McAlpine additionally looped for Amy Yang and fellow Scot Martin Laird.