Thursday, history was made when the Chinese teenager Guan Tianlang steps up to his first tee.  He became the youngest competitor at age of 14 years and five months to ever play at The Masters.  The tournament has been in existence for 80 years now at Augusta, with the previous record held by then 16-year-old Matteo Manassero.

Today Guan Tianlang made the cut after two rounds of play.  So he is not just a show, he has the right stuff.  Now we will see if he can carry it over to Saturday and Sunday.   

Tianlang beat a host of senior players to win last year's Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand which allowed him entrance to get a chance to make the cut at this years Masters tournament. Guan was only 13 when he became the youngest player to ever contest a European Tour event in 2012.  That same year, Andy Zhang, then 14, became the youngest player in the history of the U.S. Open. The last 40 years, China has really put a lot of focus on the game of golf and investing money and resources in their young players to get them to the level of players around the world. 

China has even brought on Australian legend Greg Norman to advise and identify the country's best golf talent, which is mainly come from privileged backgrounds.  Moves like these further the indication of the Chinese ambition to become on par with golfers in other countries around the world.  Everyone will pay close attention to The Masters this week to see how Guan Tianlang holds his own against the likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy.