Whoa 14 year old Chinese teenager Andy Zhang youngest U.S. Open competitor ever, next Tiger Woods?

 

 

Zhang rocketed into the spotlight Monday night when he became the youngest competitor in the United States Open, according to the United States Golf Association. A second alternate at the start of the day, he was added to the 156-man field to replace Paul Casey, who withdrew with a bad shoulder after Brandt Snedeker scratched because of an injured rib.

It was the second time in as many days that a Chinese golfer had made history. On Sunday at the L.P.G.A. Championship, Feng Shanshan, whom Zhang knows mostly by reputation, became the first player — male or female — from mainland China to win a major.

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