Guan Tianlang will become the youngest player in Masters history on debut . Previous record held by then 16-year - old Italian Matteo Viola . China is investing heavily in golf ahead of 2016 season , says women 's golf coach . Twelve . During China 's Cultural Revolution , golf had been considered too bourgeois a pastime .
Guan Tianlang will become the youngest player in Masters history on debut . Previous record held by then 16-year - old Italian Matteo Viola . China is investing heavily in golf ahead of 2016 season , says women 's golf coach . During China 's Cultural Revolution , golf had been considered too bourgeois a pastime .