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 Professional Golf Association Tour history and play in 2013 Masters. At 14 years, 5 months of age, Guan is the youngest to make the cut in a major championship.
Previously, the youngest was Italian Matteo Manassero, who did it at the 2009 Open Championship at 16 years, 2 months.
Before the tournament, Guan played practice rounds with Ben Crenshaw and Tiger Woods, both of whom were full of praise for the youngster. I mean, that"s just frightening.
lieutenant"s exciting that I have inspired kids to play and not just here in the States but obviously in China and around the world."
Speaking of the experience, Guan said, "Each time I play with him I feel a lot better and give myself some confidence and it"s very good. He told me a lot. We really enjoyed it on the golf course."
Guan was given the first slow play penalty since Grégory Bourdy at the 2010 Professional Golf Association Championship.
The last time the Professional Golf Association Tour utilized a slow-play penalty in a non-major was against Glen Day at the 1995 Honda Classic.
Guan made the cut on the number (−3) thanks to rounds of 72 and 69. However he fell back on the weekend and finished dead last in the field (71st). In a 2014 interview with Golf.com, Guan reflected on his experience at the 2013 Masters.
"I absolutely enjoyed every second of it," Guan says of his experience at Augusta, where he finished 58th.
"After it was over, it was a little bit overwhelming, but it didn"t take me too long to go back to a normal life."
2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
Los Angeles = Low amateur
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10. Eisenhower Trophy (representing China): 2012.
