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
@guan_tiallang: looking forward to having my Twitter turned off by my government after I return home
Don’t think this is a real account.