May 02-05
Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen, China
CNY 20,000,000
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Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Young Chinese amateur Kuang Yang made history at the 25th edition of the Volvo China Open as the 14-year-old became the second-youngest player to make the cut at a European Tour event, while Wu Ashun continued the joy for the home crowds by taking a two-stroke lead into the weekend.
“It was a great day again today," said Wu. "I made eight birdies and one bogey. I hit a lot of quality shots today and made a lot of birdies. I’m very happy. I hit a bad tee shot on five and I had a headache there again because I made a bogey there yesterday too!
"During the season break, I took some time off to evaluate my game. I made some swing changes and it got better and better. I enjoy playing at home. It’s a great week as I have my family and friends here with me. It’s a good feeling."
The throngs of Chinese fans were witness to an historic moment at Genzon Golf Club as the young amateur holed a nerveless putt on the 18th to become the youngest player to make the cut at a regular European Tour event - outside of the Majors - at 14 years, six months and 12 days.
“I’m really happy – it’s amazing. I was really nervous on 18 as it is a long putt for me but it went in and I‘m so happy – there are not enough words to describe the feeling.
“Although my putting was better and my game was better than yesterday, the score was the same. I’m just so happy and want to thank my mum, my dad, my head teacher and members of my family for all their support.”
Guan Tian-lang remains the youngest in any event to have made the weekend’s play - at the 2013 Masters Tournament, aged 14 years, five months and 16 days.
Wu, meanwhile, was on imperious form as the 2015 Volvo China Open champion carded eight birdies including one to close out his round on the ninth hole, moving to a 13 under total. The three-time European Tour winner’s 65 was the joint best round of the day and he was three clear until Finn Pulkkanen made a flurry of birdies late in the day to sign for a four under 68 and move to 11 under.
“It was a really strong back nine for me today, I made a lot of birdie putts – my putter was hot - so it was a really good day," said Pulkkanen. "My driving was a little bit off today and I didn’t hit the fairways today so I had to grind it out on the par fives – that didn’t make for many easy birdies - but I’m happy with the round.
“I holed a lot of putts in the dark which was good for me, but on the last hole it was really dark - I hit a bad drive there anyways. I’m going to continue the same for the weekend, I saw that Wu Ashun is leading and I really wanted to play with him in the final group. There are going to be a lot of people so it’s going to be fun.”
A total of ten Chinese players - three of them amateurs - will play over the weekend in the marquee edition of the national open, beating the previous tournament record of seven.
A moment to cherish forever ?
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 3, 2019
14-year old amateur Yang Kuang drains his putt on the last to make the cut!#VolvoChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/fAHGKs3v71
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
-13 |
66 |
65 |
131 |
2 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
-11 |
65 |
68 |
133 |
3 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-10 |
65 |
69 |
134 |
4 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-9 |
67 |
68 |
135 |
T5 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T5 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
-8 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
T5 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T5 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T5 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
-8 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T5 |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T11 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
T11 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
137 |
T11 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
T11 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
T11 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-7 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
T11 |
David Lipsky | USA |
-7 |
65 |
72 |
137 |
T11 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
T18 |
Cheng Jin | CHN |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T18 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
-6 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
T18 |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T18 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T18 |
Marcel Siem | GER |
-6 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
T23 |
Richard T. Lee | -5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
|
T23 |
Khalin Joshi | IND |
-5 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T23 |
Micah Shin | USA |
-5 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T23 |
Carl Yuan | CHN |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T23 |
Sam Brazel | AUS |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T23 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-5 |
67 |
72 |
139 |
T23 |
Yuta Ikeda | JPN |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T23 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T23 |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
T32 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-4 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T32 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T32 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T32 |
Berry Henson | USA |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T32 |
Haotong Li | CHN |
-4 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
T32 |
Jianfeng Ye | CHN |
-4 |
72 |
68 |
140 |
T32 |
James Morrison | ENG |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T32 |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
-4 |
72 |
68 |
140 |
T32 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-4 |
75 |
65 |
140 |
T32 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T32 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-4 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T43 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
73 |
141 |
T43 |
Zach Murray | AUS |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T43 |
Jazz Janewattananond | THA |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T43 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T43 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
-3 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
T43 |
Wenchong Liang | CHN |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T43 |
Adilson Da Silva | BRA |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T43 |
Ajeetesh Sandhu | IND |
-3 |
74 |
67 |
141 |
T43 |
Hongfu Wu | CHN |
-3 |
68 |
73 |
141 |
T43 |
Paul Peterson | USA |
-3 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T43 |
Julian Suri | USA |
-3 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T43 |
Panuphol Pittayarat | THA |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T55 |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T55 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T55 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T55 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T55 |
Danie van Tonder | RSA |
-2 |
73 |
69 |
142 |
T55 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T55 |
Yang Kuang | CHN |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T55 |
Scott Vincent | ZWE |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T55 |
Miguel Tabuena | PHL |
-2 |
67 |
75 |
142 |
T55 |
Tirawat Kaewsirbandit | THA |
-2 |
68 |
74 |
142 |
T55 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T55 |
Enqi Liang | CHN |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T55 |
John Catlin | USA |
-2 |
66 |
76 |
142 |
T55 |
Guxin Chen | CHN |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T55 |
Malcolm Kokocinski | SWE |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
CUT |
Bowen Xiao | CHN |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
CUT |
Daniel Nisbet | AUS |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
CUT |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
CUT |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
-1 |
75 |
68 |
143 |
CUT |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
CUT |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
CUT |
Nicholas Fung | MAL |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
CUT |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
CUT |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
-1 |
67 |
76 |
143 |
CUT |
Shiv Kapur | IND |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
CUT |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
CUT |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
CUT |
Viraj Madappa | IND |
-1 |
76 |
67 |
143 |
CUT |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
CUT |
Hyun-Woo Ryu | KOR |
Par |
69 |
75 |
144 |
CUT |
Jeev Milkha Singh | IND |
Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Kodai Ichihara | JPN |
Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Marcus Fraser | AUS |
Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
CUT |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
CUT |
Yusaku Miyazato | JPN |
Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Zihao Chen | CHN |
Par |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Zihong Zhang | CHN |
Par |
74 |
70 |
144 |
CUT |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
CUT |
Changping Chen | CHN |
1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
CUT |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
Wenyi Huang | CHN |
1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
Brett Rumford | AUS |
2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
CUT |
Chieh-Po Lee | CHN |
2 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
CUT |
Daxing Jin | CHN |
2 |
66 |
80 |
146 |
CUT |
Deyen Lawson | AUS |
2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
CUT |
Dimitrios Papadatos | AUS |
2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
CUT |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
CUT |
Sadom Kaewkanjana | THA |
2 |
70 |
76 |
146 |
CUT |
William Liu | CHN |
2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
CUT |
Xuewen Luo | CHN |
2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
CUT |
Yinong Yang | CHN |
2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
CUT |
Zihan She | CHN |
2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
CUT |
Andreas Groenkvist | SWE |
3 |
77 |
70 |
147 |
CUT |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
3 |
70 |
77 |
147 |
CUT |
Chengyao Ma | CHN |
3 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
CUT |
Jin Zhang | CHN |
3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Steven Brown | ENG |
3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Zeming He | CHN |
3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Zheng Ouyang | CHN |
3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
David Howell | ENG |
4 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
CUT |
Shaun Norris | RSA |
4 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
CUT |
Shih-Chang Chan | TPE |
4 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
CUT |
Chun Liu | CHN |
5 |
70 |
79 |
149 |
CUT |
David Gleeson | AUS |
5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
CUT |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
5 |
70 |
79 |
149 |
CUT |
Dinggen Chen | CHN |
5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
CUT |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
5 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
CUT |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
CUT |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
CUT |
Shiyu Fan | CHN |
5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
CUT |
Zhengkai Bai | CHN |
5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
CUT |
Jianshan Li | CHN |
6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
CUT |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
6 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
CUT |
Haimeng Chao | CHN |
7 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Huilin Zhang | CHN |
7 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
CUT |
Jia Zhang | CHN |
7 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Poom Saksansin | THA |
7 |
82 |
69 |
151 |
CUT |
Zhu Zhuang | CHN |
7 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Chao Song | CHN |
8 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
CUT |
Dong Su | CHN |
8 |
74 |
78 |
152 |
CUT |
Dongyu Wang | CHN |
8 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
CUT |
Lianwei Zhang | CHN |
8 |
77 |
75 |
152 |
CUT |
Shaocai He | CHN |
8 |
74 |
78 |
152 |
CUT |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
9 |
76 |
77 |
153 |
CUT |
Shang Zhi | CHN |
9 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
CUT |
Yilong Cheng | CHN |
9 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
CUT |
Tian Yuan | CHN |
11 |
73 |
82 |
155 |
CUT |
Tuxuan Wu | CHN |
11 |
79 |
76 |
155 |
CUT |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
12 |
79 |
77 |
156 |
CUT |
Bingwen Ma | CHN |
13 |
78 |
79 |
157 |
CUT |
Lu Sen Lien | TPE |
13 |
77 |
80 |
157 |
CUT |
Zehao Liu | CHN |
13 |
81 |
76 |
157 |
CUT |
Weiyu Zhu | CHN |
18 |
79 |
83 |
162 |
RET |
Daniel Gavins | ENG |
Par |
74 |
- |
74 |
RET |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
Par |
69 |
- |
69 |
RET |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
Par |
- |
- |
0 |
RET |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
Par |
76 |
- |
76 |
RET |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
Par |
70 |
- |
70 |