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Guan tianlang 2013 masters

The Masters is best remembered as the year Adam Scott claimed his first maiden Major win with a playoff victory over Angel Cabrera. However, another, less celebrated player, made headlines of his own that week — Chinese player Guan Tianlang. The amateur, who qualified for the tournament following a win in the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship, made the cut and claimed the Silver Cup at Augusta National , eventually finishing 58th, but there was something even more extraordinary about that achievement — he was just years-old at the time.

In fact, Tianlang made history just teeing it up in the tournament. In doing so, he became the youngest player to appear in The Masters, before going on to become the youngest to make a cut in a Major or PGA Tour event. The fact those records have yet to be broken a decade later highlights just how remarkable they were. But what became of the teen who beat the previous youngest player to make the cut in a Major, Matteo Mannessero, by almost two years?

Two weeks after his record-breaking feats at Augusta National , Tianlang appeared in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on a sponsors exemption. Beyond that, other high-profile appearances, including a tie for 70th in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, followed, although his career failed to take off in the manner many had assumed it would.

The former tour disbanded in , and Tianlang has more recently been found on the latter. Among his highlights has been a tie for fourth in the Volvo China Open.