{"id":8259,"date":"2025-04-10T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/8259\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:10:10","slug":"i-broke-strict-masters-rule-as-a-14-year-old-and-got-hit-with-a-penalty-but-still-made-the-cut-at-augusta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/8259\/","title":{"rendered":"I broke strict Masters rule as a 14-year-old and got hit with a penalty but still made the cut at Augusta"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the world’s best players compete for a coveted Green Jacket, there are often incredible amateur storylines unfolding further down the field.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That rang true when the 2013 Masters as Adam Scott claimed a first Major in a playoff and a 14-year-old qualifier overcame ridiculous odds to make his own history.<\/p>\n

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Guan Tianlang stunned the golf world as a teenagerCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

Guan Tianlang earned his entry after a triumph at the 2012 Asia Pacific Amateur Championship.<\/p>\n

He had already written his name into the history books before the first hole as the youngest player ever to appear at The Masters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By making the cut and ultimately finishing 58th, he earned the Silver Cup awarded to the lowest-scoring amateur to reach the weekend and become the youngest man ever to get that far in a PGA Tour<\/a> event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great achievement to win low amateur and to be in the Butler Cabin on Masters Sunday,\u201d he later told The Augusta Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral other Chinese golfers have made it to the Masters and PGA Tour, and I know one day Chinese golf will shine on the biggest stage worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

His records have stood the test of time and are unbeaten as the 2025 edition approaches on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Italian Matteo Manassero remains the closest to Tianlang’s accomplishment after making the weekend at the 2009\u00a0Open Championship\u00a0at 16 years and two months.<\/p>\n

The Chinese golfer’s achievement is even more impressive as his tournament was almost sunk after he fell foul of a strict rule.<\/p>\n

On the Friday, he was controversially hit with a one-shot penalty for slow play on the 17th hole.<\/p>\n

Referee John Paramor later confirmed that Tianlang had been warned on at least three occasions before the rap.<\/p>\n

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Tianlang has not been able to follow up on his successCredit: AFP\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

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A brutal penalty almost ended his history bidCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“Tianlang Guan was assessed a one-stroke penalty for slow play?! What a time and what a player for officials to start making such a ruling,” blasted The Golf Channel’s Jason Sobel at the time.<\/p>\n

It led to a second-round 75 and left him four-over — narrowly making it inside the cut line after Jason Day<\/a>‘s par on the 18th meant the youngster was within the 10-shot cutoff from the leader.<\/p>\n

It appeared as though Tianlang was destined for greatness, so what became of him?<\/p>\n

His next big appearance was at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans on a sponsors exemption, where he made the cut again but finished dead last.<\/p>\n

The platform did not lead to success and the hopeful joined the University of Arizona\u2019s Wildcats golf team in 2017.<\/p>\n

He went pro in 2020 and has been playing on the PGA Tour Series China and China Tour.<\/p>\n

One potential reason for Tianlang\u2019s struggles could be the move to ban anchoring the putter in 2016 — it took away one of the strongest points of the whizkid’s game.<\/p>\n

He didn’t have a single three-putt at the Masters in 2013.<\/p>\n

Tianlang is still playing and at 26 years of age, has plenty of time to make it back to the hallowed greens.<\/p>\n

Speaking in 2023, the world No. 3493 was bullish about his future.<\/p>\n

“Playing (a practice round) with Tiger [Woods<\/a>] was also a great experience. I had met him before in China, but the atmosphere and the crowd at the Masters was very different,” he told The Augusta Chronicle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will try to play more abroad this year since China lifted its COVID restrictions. I believe I will get back to Augusta one day soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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