Liu Yujie On May 23, Beijing time, Liu Yujie, a 14-year-old girl from Beijing, played a wonderful round of 68 strokes in the Beijing Women's Challenge. Together with Huang Jing, a 27-year-old player from Taipei, China, she led the second round of the Beijing Women's Challenge. Tomorrow, she will strive to become the youngest champion in the women's middle tour at the Oriental Pearl Country Club in Beijing.
Liu Yujie hit 71 shots yesterday. She set out from hole 10 early this morning and caught 6 birds in the first 13 holes. If she ran away from the wild horse, it seemed that she would disappear. She didn't want to miss two 12 foot Paula putters in the last five holes. She handed in 139 shots in two rounds, five shots below the par.
Huang Jing set out in a group behind Liu Yujie, took a 12 foot birdie push on the penultimate hole (the eighth hole of the court), hit 68 strokes of zero bogey, and caught up with Liu Yujie.
Another 14-year-old girl, Ren Yijia, also has no bogey. She shot 67 shots, ranking third with 2015 champion Pan Yanhong (70 shots), only one shot behind.
Pan Yanhong Lin Qianhui, the 18 hole parallel leader, lost the ball on the ninth hole during the transition and swallowed two bogeys. After the transition, he swallowed two bogeys and hit 71 shots, ranking fifth with Thai player Dunapa (67 shots), with 141 shots in two rounds, 3 shots below par.
A total of five amateur young players entered the top ten, as well as Hong Kong players Han Zilin (T7), Wang Zige (T7) and Zhou Shiyuan (T10).
Liu Yujie, the daughter of Liu Guoliang, the Olympic table tennis champion, is one of the most popular young golfers in China. Last month, the Tianjin Women's Open ranked in the top ten for the first time in women's tour. This obviously increased her confidence. In addition, she solved the problem of swing before the game. Today, she quickly jumped into the sight of the fans. She caught four birds before the transition, three of which were about 15 feet. After the transition, she won two birds back-to-back, and the score once reached - 7. Unfortunately, due to the loss of physical strength, she slightly deformed her movements, so she swallowed two bogeys and slipped down. Nevertheless, she still led the women's tour for the first time.
"A few years ago, I said that one of my small goals is to become the youngest champion in the women's middle school tour. I am very eager for this victory," Liu Yujie said. "Today's results show that my strategy and strategy are correct. My strategy is to attack and defend repeatedly. I am very smart and will not make too big mistakes. I will follow this strategy tomorrow."
Just turned 14 earlier this month, if Liu Yujie wins the championship tomorrow, she will break Ni Zixin's record for the youngest champion in the 2022 Golf Wine Challenge. Ni Zixin was 14 years old, 11 months and 6 days old when he won the championship.
Huang Jing can't remember what she was doing when she was 14. She can be sure that she was not as mature as Liu Yujie at that time. "I played a round with her in the Tianjin match. I want to say that she is a child who can play very well. She doesn't feel like a 14-year-old girl," Huang Jing said. "Who can win the championship tomorrow depends on his ability."
During the women's Taiwan Tour last week, Huang Jing said that she felt tired today, but she played steadily and met several balloons at the same time. She hit 4 or 5 feet in two holes to catch birds, and pushed 27 feet in the second hole to score. Looking forward to tomorrow, she said: "In recent years, the mentality has been adjusting, trying not to fall down on the last day. Tomorrow I will play normally, not giving myself too much, unnecessary ideas. I will play one shot at a time, and the rest will go with the flow."
In fact, not only Liu Yujie, but also Ren Yijia, a 14-year-old girl, may rewrite the record of the smallest champion in women's middle tour. The Dalian girl didn't speak much. She only said that she summarized the experience of the first round and adopted a more radical strategy. The iron pole was particularly good, and then she pushed several beautiful putters. Five birds and four birds were all 18 feet and above.
The best shot of the day belonged to Zhang Xuanping, a player from Taipei, China. She made her first one shot into the hole in her life by using No. 7 iron in the third hole at 148 yards. She saw the ball enter the hole and threw down the club excitedly. To this end, she won a box of golf wine worth 6000 yuan, and won the honorary membership of Beijing Oriental Pearl Country Club in 2024.
Zhang Xuanping "The moment when I hit one shot into the hole, I was a bit confused," said Zhang Xuanping
The elimination line is 150 strokes, 6 strokes higher than the standard, and a total of 59 players are qualified.
The total prize of the Beijing Women's Challenge is 500000 yuan. It is sponsored by the China Golf Association, co sponsored by the Beijing Golf Association, certified by the China Women's Professional Golf Tour, organized by the China Women's Professional Golf Tournament (Beijing) Co., Ltd., and sponsored by the Beijing Oriental Pearl Rural Club. This year's event is open to all spectators. Fans are welcome to watch the final tomorrow. At that time, the organizer will draw prizes on the spot, including the iPad.
