Month: February 2018

China’s Li Haotong bests Rory to surge up world rankings, as Marbury confirms retirement

Here is a summary of this week’s China Sports column for SupChina, which you can read in full here. 

“Li Who?” goes head-to-head with Rory McIlroy – and beats him

Remember a few years ago when a 14-year-old amateur from China by the name of Guan Tianlang became the youngest golfer in history to make the cut at the Masters – even after a controversial one-stroke penalty for slow play? Headlines promptly declared that China was poised to take over the world of golf.

Well, that hasn’t quite happened — yet.

But take a look at the world’s Top 50 male golfers and you’ll see another Chinese name: Li Haotong, who, at No. 32, has achieved easily the highest-ever ranking for a Chinese golfer, eclipsing Chinese veteran Liang Wenchong‘s best mark of No. 57 from 2010.