Thursday, 11 April 2013

Teenage prodigy Guan shines at Masters with 73 (Reuters)

Fourteen-year-old amateur Guan Tianlang of China celebrates sinking a birdie putt on the 18th green during first round play in the 2013 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 11, 2013. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

By Larry Fine AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Guan Hong Yu said on Thursday she was not anxious about how her 14-year-old son Tianlang would do as the youngest competitor ever at the Masters. "I'm not nervous," she told reporters at the practice putting green minutes before he teed off for the first round. "He has played in more than 200 tournaments. He is very experienced." Mother knows her son very well, as the extraordinarily composed eighth grader toured the treacherous Augusta National course in one-over-par 73 and won the hearts and respect of galleries up and down the spiritual home of ...




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