Hello! I Talk about of Chinese Golfer to Become Youngest Masters Competitor.
Fourteen-year-old golfing prodigy Guan Tianlang is set to become the youngest competitor in history at the Masters in 2013. He secured an invite after winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Bangkok on Sunday. The previous record for the youngest player at the prestigious Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia was held by 16-year-old Matteo Manassero from Italy, who tied for 36th in 2010. Guan’s earliest memory of watching the Masters was in 2005 when Tiger Woods earned his fourth green blazer. Guan says he hopes his idol Tiger Woods will be able to join him for a practice round at Augusta in April. [Guan Tianlang, Chinese Golfer]: “I really look forward to the next year's Masters, and I don't know what's going to happen there, but I just want to do well.” Guan has been making history since an early age. He reportedly swung his first club at age four and placed fourth in the 6-and-under division at the San Diego Junior World Golf Championships just a few years later. In 2011, he won the 11-12 division at the San Diego event, and at 13-years-old, he set the record for the youngest player to participate in the European PGA Tour at the China Open. On Sunday, the eighth-grader from Guangzhou became the first Chinese player to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur, which also earns him a spot at the final qualifying event for the British Open. Guan seems to be following in the footsteps of fellow Chinese golfer Andy Zhang, who qualified to become the youngest US Open participant at the age of 14 back in June.
