SHENZHEN: The presence of Bubba Watson in China just days after he passed on the green jacket to Jordan Spieth meant the Masters was the talk of the town as the Shenzhen International began Thursday.
But there is another player at the inaugural European Tour event in the southern Chinese city who will forever be linked to Augusta National, even though a low-key approach to his career has seen him almost fall off the radar since making a record-breaking Masters debut in 2013.
Aged 14 years and five months, China's Guan Tianlang was the youngest golfer to play a major and made the cut before finishing as the tournament's leading amateur with a four-round total of 12 over par, 21 strokes behind the winner Adam Scott of Australia.
Guan admitted there had then been suggestions to turn professional, but his education had to come first.
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