Looking back at Chinese golf in 2021, going out has become a common goal for many golfers, several players with a prominent reputation in China have successfully played abroad, and the rising youth golfers are more looking forward to the future.
Yin Ruoning Zhang Weiwei broke into the LPGA
After eight rounds of the final stage of the women's PGA Tour qualification exam, 19-year-old Yin Ruoning handed over -21 shots and tied for 4th place. Zhang Weiwei shot a -5 to tie for 35th place.
Yin Ruoning
The two will join forces to enter the LPGA. The Chinese mainland players with LPGA participation rights next season are: Feng Shanshan, Lin Xiyu, Liu Yu, Liu Ruixin, He Muni, Yin Ruoning, Zhang Weiwei 7, setting a record for the largest number of LPGA Chinese mainland players in history.
Shi Yuting Liu Yiyi passed the Guan ri patrol
Although Shi Yuting failed to save her card on the Women's Day Tour this season, she scored +3 in four rounds in the final stage of the qualifying exam and finished 42nd. She failed to make it to the top 30 to earn a full card, but still has some of the rights to participate in the Day Tour next season.
Shi Yuting
Shaanxi girl Liu Yiyi, because of the second round of mistakes, hit a +5, ranking 49th, and can also play in some of next year's Day Tour matches. This will be her first year in Japan.
Zhang Huilin entered Europe
With the 2020 Volvo China Open and this year's T9, Zhang Huilin finally became the 2020-21 combined Season Central Tour Prize King with a total prize money of ¥536,425, and won the participation card of the European Tour (now DP World Tour). He was the first Chinese player to enter Europe as a prize king.
Zhang Huilin received a European Tour card
In the new season, in addition to Zhang Huilin, Li Haotong and Wu Ashun both have part of the right to participate.
Zhang Xinjun's U.S. Patrol card failed
Affected by the epidemic and the offseason, Zhang Xinjun's second PGA Tour road was not smooth. Although there have been highlight moments close to the championship, he is more of a teeter around the promotion line.
Coupled with various factors such as returning home and isolation, Zhang Xinjun scored 179 points on the PGA Tour in this incoherent PGA Tour season, ranking 173rd in the FedEx Cup. Next year, he will return to the Korn Ferry Tour, and once again attack upwards with Yuan Yichun, Dou Zecheng and others.
Yin Xiaowen won three championships in her amateur status.
In April and May of this year, 16-year-old Yin Xiaowen won two consecutive championships on the CLPGA field, achieving the treble (20 years zhangjiagang double mountain challenge, 21 years Nansha women's challenge, 21 years five ring star women's challenge).
Yin Xiaowen won the third professional championship
Yin Xiaowen is not only the 12th triple crowner in the history of the women's central tour, but also the first amateur era to win the title three times, as well as the youngest treble in history. On the day of her victory, she was 16 years, 5 months, 15 days old.
Zhang Yahui set another record for the youngest champion
In October this year, Wuhan girl Zhang Yahui defeated Zhang Yue in the extra hole competition of the China Trust Zhuhai Women's Challenge, becoming the youngest champion in the history of the CLPGA at the age of 15 years, 8 months and 1 day.
Zhang Yahui became the youngest champion
The previous record holder was Yin Xiaowen's 15 years, 10 months and 23 days last year.
Ding Wen won four crowns a year
Can't just look at women, only 17-year-old amateur male player Ding Wenyi can not be ignored. At the Volvo China Open, he finished tied for 3rd place in this tournament after finishing runners-up in the previous tournament. Entering the top three of the national open for two consecutive years is an achievement that ordinary amateurs cannot match.
In the next China Amateur Open Finals, Ding Wenyi won the championship with a 2-stroke advantage, becoming the king of Chinese amateur golfers for the third consecutive year. In fact, this year's Ding Wen has won 2 championships and 1 runner-up in only 3 amateur races.
Ding Wenyi won the China Amateur Open
Although he has not yet turned professional, Ding Wenyi is also active in the professional arena this year, and won the Championship of the Central Tour-Boao Classic, the National Championship and the National Games Qualification Tournament, and also finished second in the Xi'an Classic of the Central Tour. This year, he participated in the professional competition 9 times, and his worst result can also reach the tie for 5th place.
According to the world ranking at the end of the year, Ding Wenyi has rushed to the second place of the Chinese mainland, only behind Yuan Yichun.
Youth events are booming
The growth of many young amateur golfers is inseparable from the growth of the number of competitive events. According to official data, sponsors are currently more favored by youth competitions. In 2021, as many as 633 events have been included in the youth rankings of the China Higher Education Association.
Junior golf is vibrant
In direct proportion to the number of tournaments, the number of youth golfers registered with the China High School Association is also growing. According to estimates, there are already more than 70,000 people, and this is not counting children who play with their parents without registration.
The starting point of the tour starts
Unlike the increase in youth events, professional events have been reduced due to various reasons such as the epidemic. The most frequent and intensive professional event this year is the women's Central Tour's second division, the Starting Point Central Tour. Since the beginning of the year, the Starting Point Central Tour has held a total of 29 races, spanning Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong and other places.
As an event that can accommodate women's golfers (both professional and amateur) and male amateur golfers, the starting point of the Central Tour is favored by different groups of people, including young golfers and golf enthusiasts, including retired swimming star Ning Zetao.
Ning Zetao participated in the starting point of the Central Tour
More than a year after its birth, the starting point of the Central Tour has produced 20 different champions, including 3 male players.