‘Gentle Ben’ the ideal man to guide teenage prodigy Guan through Augusta baptism

Just a couple of evenings ago, we were given the rare opportunity to listen to Jack Nicklaus’s thoughts on how best to play Augusta National.

Fred Couples today claimed the clubhouse lead in the Masters at the age of 53 as Sergio Garcia and Dustin Johnson both plummeted down the leaderboard.

Chinese teenager Guan Tianlang, already making history as the youngest player in Masters history, today made more controversial headlines after being penalised for slow play.

After giving up 33 rounds under par yesterday, Augusta National hit back with the aid of some wind and rain on the second day of the 77th Masters.

Chinese schoolboy Guan Tianlang, at 14 the youngest player in Masters history, carded a first round of 73 today to lead the contest to finish top amateur at Augusta National yesterday.

For a moment or two, the hype appeared to be justified. After a week of marvelling at a 14-year-old qualifying for the Masters, Tianlang Guan took out his driver yesterday and swiped his opening shot in the majors straight down the middle.

Chinese prodigy Guan Tianlang, 14, is set to become the youngest ever player at the Augusta Masters.

Next year’s US Masters could well have a 14-year-old playing in it for the first time.

Damien McGrane let slip the chance to shine in the dull conditions on the second day of the Volvo China Open.

England’s Matthew Baldwin claimed the clubhouse lead on the first day of the Volvo China Open after opening with an assured seven-under-par 65.

Paul Casey will be thinking of his closet as well as his clubs when he takes to the Binhai Lake course at this week’s Volvo China Open in Tianjin.

The bird flu strain that killed 24 people in east Asia earlier this year and resurfaced in recent weeks has become endemic to the region, and the virus could trigger a global health crisis if it goes unchecked, a new study says.

A Chinese man who robbed three fellow nationals at knifepoint after he went to view a room in their house in Lucan has been jailed for four years.

Six people have been executed in southwestern China for kidnapping and selling more than 100 women and children.