The recent winner of the domestic professional competition really makes us feel old.
Yin Xiaowen, a four-stop women's middle tour that won three stops, was born in 2004. The runner-up of the Five Rings Star Women's Challenge, Du Mohan, was born in 2002, and the runner-up Liu Wenbo was born in 2001.
Yin Xiaowen
Liu Wenbo
Du Mohan
Ye Wocheng, the first "post-zero" champion of the men's Central Tour, won two stops this year, while the other was won by Ding Wenyi, and the Beijing Boys was born in 2004, setting a record for the youngest champion in the men's Central Tour.
Don't say us, it is estimated that the "post-90s" feel that they are almost out of breath.
Ye Wocheng
The magic of golf is that it can be played from 4 to 104 years old, and Mickelson proved it again at the U.S. PGA Championship in the early hours of this morning.
With 51th birthday just a few weeks away, Mickelson leads the way by 2 strokes over Brooks Koepka and Louis Ursuren to become the oldest Grand Slam champion at The Great Ocean Stadium in Kiawah Island.
Mickelson's physical condition is definitely much better than that of Woods, who is also a "post-70s", he has not performed so many waist and knee surgeries, and has not had a serious car accident. But Mickelson also had health problems, including psoriatic arthritis. What's more, he's 5 years older than Woods and he's actually already playing championship tours.
At such an age, it's only natural that one of the ideas is that he will slowly marginalize himself on the PGA Tour and then eventually move on to the Championship Tour.
Mickelson (Image: PGA TOUR PGATOUR Weibo)
The same is true in practice. Mickelson hasn't won the PGA Tour in two years, and reaching the top ten was a year ago. His world ranking slipped to 115th.
The bookmaker represents the real public opinion, his odds are +20,000 before the game, and even in the final round, he is 1 stroke ahead of Brooks Koepka, and his odds are +325, while Brooks Koepka's odds are +150, in other words, everyone is more optimistic about Brooks Koepka, who is younger than him.
However, on the longest court in the history of the Grand Slam, on the field where severe penalties were given to the ball that was deflected, Mickelson defeated the juniors and created a miracle.
"There's no reason why I, and anyone else, can't succeed in old age. It just takes a little more effort," Mickelson said.
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Mickelson's simple words illustrate two important points in golf: believing in yourself and working tirelessly.
You can only create miracles if you believe that you can do miracles. Only when you believe that you can surpass yourself and surpass your predecessors, can you surpass yourself and surpass your predecessors.
Faith is what keeps us moving forward.
At the same time, there is only faith, no effort, and faith can only be reduced to fantasy.
Mickelson shows us the 50-year-old, the youngster who is no less than the peak, and the eternally evergreen, imaginative short-bar technique. What he didn't let us see was countless hours of practice, the sweat that was spilled on the driving range and the pitch, and the research done to solve the lack of attention. These studies and efforts are as he himself said, because of the increase in age, it is bound to be more than the younger generations.
True, some words sound like vernacular, like clichés, but they are facts and truths.
"Realistically, it's very likely that this is the last game I'll win," Mickelson said, "but it's also possible that I've made a little bit of a breakthrough in concentration and I'm probably going to keep winning." ”
Hats off, Mickelson, our role model, and hope you continue to work wonders!