In May 2021, the Guangdong Tour, the first provincial professional golf tour in Chinese mainland and the first professional tour in China to compete in the same field, was born.
From July to October, the Guangdong Tour held 8 main events in 8 places in Guangdong, giving birth to 8 different champions. Among the 8 champions, there are both male and female players, veterans who have been on the field for many years, and rising stars.
Let's get to know the 8 "First Year Champions" of the Guangdong Tour:
Greater Bay Area Open /Liu Wenbo
○ Birth date:2001.02.12
○ Member of the Guangdong Provincial Golf Team
○ Liu Wenbo turned professional in 2018, and after winning the Guangdong Tour Greater Bay Area Open championship in July, he won the CLPGA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air Conditioning Championship in October 2021, becoming the triple crown of the women's Central Tour, and currently ranks first in the women's Central Tour prize list.
Shaoguan Open/Chen Dinggen
○ Birth date:1979.09.29
○ In 2006, he turned professional and currently lives and teaches in Shenzhen and opens a golf studio. Chen Dinggen used to be a caddy, his kick-off is very far, his wrist strength is amazing, and the longest distance can reach 380 yards.
Zhuhai Open/Zhang Jia
○ Birth date:1989.09.03
○ Member of the Yunnan Provincial Team of the 14th National Games
○ In 2012, he became a professional player, and in 2018, he won the Breakthrough Player of the Year in the Central Tour. After winning the Zhuhai Open, the Zhongshan Open was runners-up.
Mocha Box Zhongshan Open/Ren Yue
○ Birth date:2000.12.18
○ Feng Shanshan Sports contracted player; member of the Yunnan Provincial Team of the 14th National Games; Ranked 3rd in professional women's points of the China Higher Education Association
○ In 2018, he turned professional, the 2018 rookie king of the women's central tour, and mainly competed in the LPGA Second Division in the United States in 2021. She won a silver medal in the Women's Golf Individual Championship at the 14th National Games this year.
Guangzhou Open/Li Jianshan
○ Birth date:1979.04.02
○ Li Jianshan is a halfway monk, only contacted golf at the age of 26, and turned professional at the age of 34. In 2005, Li Jianshan came into contact with golf by chance, and from the first time he touched the club, he fell in love with the sport uncontrollably, and his advertising agency made a little money and invested all of it in golf.
Dongguan Fengjing Open /Ye Wocheng
○ Birth date:2000.09.02
○ Guangdong Tour Annual Prize King; Central Tour Sanya Elite Champion, Central Tour Nanshan Classic Champion; China Senior High School Professional Men's Points Ranking 11th.
○ At the 2013 Volvo Open, 12 years old and 242 days old, Ye Wocheng was promoted, becoming the youngest qualifier on the European Tour. In 2020, Ye Wocheng turned professional, and in 2021, he won the first professional championship in the Sanya Classic of the Central Tour.
Foshan Championship /Xue Han
○ Birth date:1998.04.20
○ The Guangdong Tour Foshan Championship is Xue Han's first professional title, and he won the second place at the Hengdian International Professional Golf Classic in October 2021.
Shenzhen Open/Chen Guxin
○ Birth date:2003.06.15
○ Member of the 14th Hunan Provincial Golf Team
○ After turning professional at the age of 16, he won the first championship of his golf career on June 6, 2021, and won the 14th National Games Golf Test Tournament and Xi'an High-tech Classic On June 20, 2021. The Shenzhen Open is Chen Guxin's third professional crown.
Some people have regained their self-confidence in the Guangdong Tour, some people have made breakthroughs, some people have used this as a springboard to step onto a higher stage... The 8 unique champions fully demonstrate the inclusiveness and unlimited possibilities of the Guangdong Tour.
As the first provincial tour in China, the Guangdong Tour allows more people to participate in the competition of professional golf under the premise of ensuring the level of competition, whether professional or amateur, rookie or veteran, they can be exercised and promoted here.
The cultivation of outstanding athletes is inseparable from a scientific and reasonable event system. It is believed that the Guangdong Tour will become an important part of China's professional golf tournament system and help the development of golf in China.
Who is the "king of kings"?
On December 6th, the eight champions born in the first year of the Guangdong Tour will gather at the Dongguan Fengjing Golf Club for an 18-hole pinnacle duel. The 2021 Guangdong Tour Huamei Jifu Champion Hole-to-Hole Format uses a single round of 18-hole stroke-to-hand matches, with 18 holes to be played at the same time, with generous prizes on each hole waiting for the 8 champions to compete for.
The competition is broadcast and produced by the Guangdong Higher Education Association News Committee, and the golf channel, as one of the member units of the news committee, will send a reporting team to the scene for news reporting and event selection, and the event will also be broadcast live on the video number of the golf channel.
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