He turned out to be the 5th “Big Brother in China” in history!

On the par-five hole of 614 yards, when Yuan Yechun cut the ball from outside the green and shot the eagle directly into the hole, everyone knew that the rise of the Chinese teenager could no longer be stopped!

In the end, he finished tied for 7th at the Knoxville Tourist Open and won the 3rd top ten in the last 4 Korn-Fair International Tournaments . In the latest world rankings announced early this morning, Yuan Yechun rose to 274th , surpassing Li Haotong in one fell swoop and became the highest ranked men’s player in mainland China.

This is the first time in four and a half , “ China Big Brother “ for the first time easy to master. It is also the 26th time in history that this title has changed in the world rankings. Yuan Yechun, who was only 24 years old, became the fifth player to be the top male golfer in mainland China after Zhang Lianwei, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, and Li Haotong .

On the par-five hole of 614 yards, when Yuan Yechun cut the ball from outside the green and shot the eagle directly into the hole, everyone knew that the rise of the Chinese teenager could no longer be stopped!

In the end, he finished tied for 7th at the Knoxville Tourist Open and won the 3rd top ten in the last 4 Korn-Fair International Tournaments . In the latest world rankings announced early this morning, Yuan Yechun rose to 274th , surpassing Li Haotong in one fell swoop and became the highest ranked men’s player in mainland China.

This is the first time in four and a half , “ China Big Brother “ for the first time easy to master. It is also the 26th time in history that this title has changed in the world rankings. Yuan Yechun, who was only 24 years old, became the fifth player to be the top male golfer in mainland China after Zhang Lianwei, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, and Li Haotong .

When 2016 Nian 11 Yue 6 days, Li Haotong last become “ China Big Brother “ , the Yuan Chun too far from the world rankings in the first 1871 bits. But from 2018 , after years won the US Tour Chinese game Qingdao Championship as an amateur, Yuan also Atsushi debut professional golf began in a rocket trend rise in 2019 Niandi in European Tour level of the Australian PGA tournament won the first 3 Ming , the world rankings on It is close to the height of the top 300 (No. 301)!

Although Yuan Yechun’s rankings have fluctuated several times in his subsequent career on the Glory International Tour, starting from the spring of 2021 , the state of the artillery from Dalian has suddenly accelerated and almost created a chance to compete for the championship in 8 games. It won 6 top 20 places in China. Not only did it enter the “ Top 25 ” in the PGA Tour standings , the world ranking finally broke through the 300 mark last week , and set a new high this week. , In one fell swoop boarded the leading position of “ China’s No. 1 Brother “ .

Looking back at the history of professional golf in China, since 2004 Nian 11 Yue 1 day 26 -year-old Zhongshan star Liang Wen-chong rely on the Asian Tour Sanya Open runners-up, in order to surpass Zhang boarded the Chinese men’s first, opened this “ Big Brother “ to compete for the title of the drama … …

2012 On 9 May 10, 27-year-old player Fujian Wu Ah Soon on Eastcom Cup held in Japan for the Chinese mainland’s first Japan Golf Tour players won the championship, also breaking the Liang for “Chinese brother” up to 8 years China’s monopoly, ranking first in the world for the first time. Over the next few years, the two climbed alternately. This pattern lasted until February 2, 2015. The 19-year-old Hunan player Li Haotong relied on the previous season’s PGA Tour China Championship sweeping 4 championships and 24 points in the previous season. Through the natural fluctuations in the world rankings, he broke the PK of Liang and Wu in one fell swoop. The pattern has become a new generation of “China’s No. 1 Brother”.

After more than a year, Li Haotong, Wu Ashun, and Liang Wenchong successively relied on the European Tour and the Japanese Tour to win the championship, competing for China’s first brother and even the Olympic seat. Until November 6, 2016, Li Haotong won the runner-up at the European Tour Turkish Airlines Open with a total prize money of 7 million US dollars. The Dubai Desert Classic has won the championship and other impressive records, and has secured the transcendent status of the world’s top 50 masters. It is naturally not a problem to sit on the title of “Big Brother in China”.

Four-term “ One Brother “ : Zhang Lianwei, Liang Wenchong, Wu Ashun, Li Haotong

However, with the unsuccessful impact on the PGA Tour in 2019, Li Haotong’s state has declined, coupled with the spread of the epidemic, the global professional game structure has fallen into chaos, and Li Haotong’s four-year-old position of the Chinese champion has also begun to waver-as the only PGA Tour. Zhang Xinjun, a member of mainland China, and Wu Ashun, the “triple crown king” who is also on the European Tour, have both attacked Li Haotong’s title as a brother. Zhang Xinjun even narrowed the gap with Li Haotong to only a margin in August last year. 6 seats …
However, before boarding the “Big Brother of China”, the two famous players have always lacked “a kick”. On the contrary, Yuan Yechun, a representative of the new generation of “post-95″ generation, “comes from behind”-from No. 5 in China on March 28 this year to No. 4 in China on May 2 and then directly to China on May 9 No. 2, to dominate the highest point of the five-star red flag in one fell swoop-Yuan Yechun completed the surpassing of his compatriots in the world rankings in just over a month, and became the “fifth person in the history of China’s first brother” in one fell swoop. “!

More importantly, in the latest Olympic men’s qualification rankings, Yuan Yechun’s name also appeared on the list for the first time! He came to No. 58 and became the only mainland Chinese player on the list. If he can hold the top 60 ranking on June 21, 5 weeks later, he will be eligible to participate in this year’s Tokyo Olympic men’s golf event.
In an interview with the PGA Tour two weeks ago, Yuan Yechun said that obtaining membership in the PGA Tour and representing China in the Olympic Games are two major goals of his recent career. In the latest issue of Korn Tour standings, rankings teenager Dalian same has increased to 1100 points rose to the first 22 Wei , not only topped the “25 Strong “ column in the list of PGA Tour cut, from the “ Binding United States The 1700 points threshold of “ tour qualification “ is only 600 points left .

Yuan Yechun points to the PGA Tour  ( Photo courtesy of the PGA Tour )

After five consecutive weeks of fighting, Yuan Yechun will choose to rest this week. This means that he can participate in the next regular season of the Light Tour, there are 10 games left . If he can get in every game the first 13 place finish, you can at 8 Yue 15 at the end of the regular season day, get valuable PGA Tour card, becoming Douze Cheng, Penetrate, third from mainland China Of PGA Tour members. ◈

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