Guan Tianlang (; born 25 October 1998) is a Chinese amateur golfer.
Career
Guan qualified for the
2013 Masters Tournament
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by winning the 2012
Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Asia-Pacific. It is organized by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) and was first played in 2009. It was organized in c ...
in Thailand. On 12 April 2013, he became the youngest player to make the cut in PGA Tour history and play in 2013 Masters. At 14 years, 5 months of age, Guan is the youngest to make the cut in a major championship. Previously, the youngest was Italian
Matteo Manassero
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Amateur career
Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona. After a short ...
, who did it at the
2009 Open Championship
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at 16 years, 2 months.
Before the tournament, Guan played practice rounds with
Ben Crenshaw
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Professiona ...
and
Tiger Woods
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, both of whom were full of praise for the youngster. Woods said, "It's frightening to think that he was born after I won my first Masters. I mean, that's just frightening. It's exciting that I have inspired kids to play and not just here in the States but obviously in China and around the world."
Speaking of the experience, Guan said, "Each time I play with him I feel a lot better and give myself some confidence and it's very good. He told me a lot. We really enjoyed it on the golf course."
Guan was given the first slow play penalty since
Grégory Bourdy
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Career
Bourdy was born in Bordeaux. He turned professional in 2003. His cousin Nicolas Beaufils is also a professional golfer, who has playe ...
at the
2010 PGA Championship
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Martin Kaymer won his first major championship in a three-hole ...
; the last time the PGA Tour utilized a slow-play penalty in a non-major was against
Glen Day
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Day was born in Mobile, Alabama, and raised in Poplarville, Mississippi, by his mother Jea ...
at the
1995
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Honda Classic
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.
Two weeks later he played in the
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
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as a result of a sponsors exemption given to him by
Zurich when he won the
Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Asia-Pacific. It is organized by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) and was first played in 2009. It was organized in c ...
. Guan made the cut on the number (−3) thanks to rounds of 72 and 69. However he fell back on the weekend and finished last in the field (71st).
In a 2014 interview with Golf.com, Guan reflected on his experience at the 2013 Masters. "I absolutely enjoyed every second of it," Guan says of his experience at Augusta, where he finished 58th. "After it was over, it was a little bit overwhelming, but it didn't take me too long to go back to a normal life."
He has played with the golf team of the
University of Arizona
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T ...
since 2017.
Amateur wins
*2012
Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
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Results in major championships
LA = Low amateur
Team appearances
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Eisenhower Trophy
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(representing China):
2012
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References
External links
Masters' player bio
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Chinese male golfers
Arizona Wildcats men's golfers
Golfers at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for China
Sportspeople from Guangzhou
1998 births
Living people
20th-century Chinese people
21st-century Chinese people