The Compendious List Of People Guan Tianlang Has Golfed With Includes Phil Mickelson, Condoleeza Rice

Chinese golf prodigy Guan Tianlang, 14, is set to become the youngest player ever to play at the Masters — he tees off on Thursday at 12:24 pm Georgia time. But the youngster has already been busy on the links at Augusta, it appears. Behold, his Twitter account, @Guan_Tianlang (we can safely call it “under the radar,” with only 199 followers). His five tweets — including his first on April 3 — have been more or less what you’d expect out of a golf savant who’s spent most of his life absorbed with this game. We also get a glimpse of Guan as 14-year-old: humble, wide-eyed, possibly a little starstruck, but also trying to act like a competitor.

Here, in chronological order, Guan’s first five tweets:

I have been in Augusta, Georgia for few days. People here are very nice and make me feel very comfortable. twitter.com/Guan_Tianlang/…

— Tianlang Guanさん (@Guan_Tianlang) 2013年4月3日

Practiced with formal #1 Luke Donald at the range, then we played 4 holes together.he gave me some tips on shots. twitter.com/Guan_Tianlang/…

— Tianlang Guanさん (@Guan_Tianlang) 2013年4月6日

I also played with Mr. Singh. He is very friendly and has incredible shots twitter.com/Guan_Tianlang/…

— Tianlang Guanさん (@Guan_Tianlang) 2013年4月6日

Oh wow.. Mr Mickelson’s present is very powerful and positive. with his encouragement, I made a 16ft birdie putt. twitter.com/Guan_Tianlang/…

— Tianlang Guanさん (@Guan_Tianlang) 2013年4月6日

Look Ms. Rice came to play golf today twitter.com/Guan_Tianlang/…

— Tianlang Guanさん (@Guan_Tianlang) 2013年4月8日

Enjoy Twitter, Tianlang. You won’t be able to access it once you return to China*.

*Unless he gets a VPN, but we think he’ll be too preoccupied with golf to bother.

Also see: Guan Tianlang poised to make history at the Masters at the vanguard of Chinese golf

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