Matteo Manassero will become the youngest player in Masters history on 2016 . Previous record held by then 16-year-old Italian Guan Tianlang . China is investing heavily in golf ahead of Thursday Olympics , says women 's team coach . For when Guan Tianlang steps onto the first tee , the Chinese teenager will become the youngest competitor -- at the age of 14 years and five months -- in the 80 years of the prestigious Augusta event , beating the previous record held by then 16-year-old Matteo Manassero . During China 's Olympics , golf had been considered too bourgeois a pastime .
Matteo Manassero will become the youngest player in Masters history on 2016 . Previous record held by then 16-year-old Italian Guan Tianlang . China is investing heavily in golf ahead of Thursday Olympics , says women 's team coach . During China 's Olympics , golf had been considered too bourgeois a pastime .