Guan Tianlang will become the youngest player in Masters history on Thursday . Previous record held by then 16-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero . At his academy in Shanghai , Dickie has a team of 15 Olympic hopefuls , eight of whom attend full-time training , which is funded by a state who get value for money -- with the girls training six days a week if they are not contesting a tournament . The 23-year-old from China is a former world number one and has won three titles at the Shanghai Masters. During China 's Cultural Revolution , golf had been considered too bourgeois a pastime .
Guan Tianlang will become the youngest player in Masters history on Thursday . Previous record held by then 16-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero . The 23-year-old from China is a former world number one and has won three titles at the Shanghai Masters. During China 's Cultural Revolution , golf had been considered too bourgeois a pastime .