On October 5, the 13th Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Youth Championship came to an end. 120 outstanding young players from 6 countries and regions competed for three rounds at the Mission Hills Libert Stadium in Dongguan. In the end, Tong Yang won the men's championship with a three-round total score of 204 (65-69-70). Zhang Zhixuan won the Women's Championship with a total score of 222 strokes (74-74-74).
13-18-year-old men's second-year-old team won by Yu Junting (224 shots) and Li Min Minting (229 shots). Peng Yufei (222 shots) and Zou Yiyun (228 shots) won the second and third place in the 13-18-year-old women's group. The men's championship aged 10-12 was won by Chen Zhengdao (238 strokes), and the women's championship was won by Liao Kexin (254 strokes). Qin Gan, the 8-9-year-old men's championship, scored a good result of 221 shots, and the women's championship was won by Lai Lishan (236 shots).
This year's event attracted nearly 180 golfers from all over the world to sign up, and the 120 players who were finalized all have outstanding strength. For example, Tong Yang, who ranked 10th in men's amateur points and 5th in men's group A, Huang Yuteng, who just won the championship of the 2020 Mission Hills Golf Marathon, Zhang Zhixuan, who won the women's leader in the 2018 Mission Hills Member League Leadership Championship, HunTeng, who won the women's champion in the 2020 World Golf Captain Playing China Championship National Finals, etc.
experts gathered, and the three rounds of battle situations were quite fierce. Tong Yang scored a 65 shot (-7) in the first round, and his scores were 2 or 3 shots below par in the following two rounds, and his total score was far beyond the second place, becoming the well-deserved "overlord" of the whole game. The women's group also had fierce competition. Zhang Zhixuan and Peng Yufei were in stalemate all the way. After three rounds, they scored 222 shots, and finally decided on the extra game of the No. 1 hole. In a post-match interview, Tong Yang said he was very happy to win the championship. "Every stadium in Mission Hills has different characteristics and difficulties. Challenging the venue here has greatly improved my skills." Zhang Zhixuan had previously participated in the Jack Nicklaus Youth Championship, but unfortunately, she failed to perform normally in the last round, resulting in missing the championship. "I feel very happy to be able to persevere all the way this time and win this championship for the first time!" Zhang Zhixuan told reporters. The men's and women's championship and the top three players in each group will be invited by golf king Jack Nicklaus to participate in the Nicklaus Youth Championship held at the Jonathan's Landing Golf Club- Hills Course course in the United States for free, and will also be invited to participate in the 2020 Mission Hills Youth Series Finals; at the same time, the men's and women's championships will have the opportunity to participate in the 2020 Fedo Cup Shenzhen Championship held at the Mission Hills Golf Club in 2020. Since 2010, Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship has entered the world's amateur players' points ranking. The results of this competition will also be included in the R&A and China Golf Association rankings.
In April 2008, Mr. Nicklaus and Mission Hills founded the "Missary Hills Jack Nicklaus Youth Championship" to offer suggestions for China's youth golf career. Mr. Nicklaus, who has always been committed to global golf promotion, has high hopes for the event. He hopes that the giants who can get out of this event in the future will be able to get out of the Chinese high-end game from this event, and hopes that all young golfers can absorb the essence of golf through the training and edification of Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Championship!
Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Junior Championships have been held for 13 years, and thousands of young players have participated in the competition and have gained honor, happiness and confidence from it. More and more young golf enthusiasts are gradually moving to the whole country and the world through the Mission Hills platform. For example, Guan Tianlang , Ye Wocheng, Zhang Yuxin, Chen Guangshi, Jin Man, Sui Xiang, etc. are all outstanding players who have emerged from the Mission Hills youth competition.
This Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Youth Championship is one of the highly-watched youth series of Mission Hills Group.Mission Hills has always been committed to cultivating and promoting the development of youth golf. It holds a number of events specifically for youth every year, such as Mission Hills Youth Series, Annika Youth Women's Invitational, Fedu Asian Cup Finals, etc., providing teenagers with more than 100,000 games. With the Swiss Bank of China becoming the first official partner of Mission Hills Youth Series, the Youth Golf Program has been further strengthened, Mission Hills will continue to vigorously promote the development of global youth golf in the future.
Reporter: Zhu Jian
