Tianlang guan biography of william hill

Chinese golfer (born 1998)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Guan.

Guan Tianlang (Chinese: 关天朗; pinyin: Guān Tiānlǎng; born 25 October 1998) is a Chinese amateur golfer.

Career

Guan qualified for the 2013 Masters Tournament by winning the 2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand. On 12 April 2013, he became the youngest player to make the cut in PGA Tour history and play in 2013 Masters.

An eighth grader built like a bamboo stalk, Guan will be the seventh Chinese player to tee it up in the Masters and easily the most precocious.

An eighth grader built like a bamboo stalk, Guan will be the seventh Chinese player to tee it up in the Masters and easily the most precocious.

Tianlang Guan said he was nervous on the first tee.

Tianlang, the youngest player in the man field, was five exits past longshot status.

Guan is the year-old from China, the youngest to ever play in the Masters and the youngest player at any major in years.

Guan Tianlang has become the latest Chinese hero to make sporting history after the year-old golfer played his way to the distinction of being the youngest.

At 14 years, 5 months of age, Guan is the youngest to make the cut in a major championship.^[1] Previously, the youngest was Italian Matteo Manassero, who did it at the 2009 Open Championship at 16 years, 2 months.^[2]

Before the tournament, Guan played practice rounds with Ben Crenshaw and Tiger Woods, 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