Player still amazed by Chinese teenager Guan


  • Golf
  • Friday, 11 Apr 2014

Guan Tianlang, 15, of China chips a shot onto the 10th green during the first day of the Hong Kong Open golf tournament December 5, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - After competing in a record 52 Masters, Gary Player thought he had pretty much seen it all at Augusta National.

The South African experienced the ultimate high when he won the tournament in 1961, 1974 and 1978, as well as the agony of close defeat when he lost out in a three-way playoff for the title in 1962.

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