Dou Zecheng (, born 22 January 1997) is a Chinese

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. He is from

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Province. As an amateur, Dou represented China at the

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, and

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in 2014. He won several amateur events and two professional events in China before turning professional in 2014. Dou won four times on the

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in 2016 and won the Order of Merit. He began playing on the

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in 2017 and won the

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in July, the first Chinese player to win on the Web.com Tour. He was one of the first Chinese players to earn a PGA Tour card, along with

Zhang Xinjun Zhang Xinjun (; born 10 June 1987) is a Chinese professional golfer who currently plays on PGA Tour. He won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019 when he topped the regular season points list. In 2017, along with Dou Zecheng, he was one of the f ...

. In the United States, Dou uses the name ''Marty.''

Amateur wins

*2010 National Amateur (China) *2011 Callaway Junior World Championship (ages 13–14) *2012 China National Amateur Winners, Aaron Baddeley International Junior *2013 China Amateur Champions, Volvo China Juniors Match Play Championship *2014 National Team Asia Games and WATC Selecting Event Leg 1 Source:

Professional wins (9)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (3)

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

PGA Tour China wins (4)

Other wins (2)

*2012 China National Team Championship (as an amateur) *2013 China Unicom Woo Pro-AM Championship (as an amateur)

Results in World Golf Championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2015.'' "T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Asia/Pacific): 2014 *

(representing China):

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* * Chinese male golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China Golfers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Henan 1997 births Living people 21st-century Chinese people 20th-century Chinese people {{PRChina-golf-bio-stub