Matsuyama backs amateur Guan
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Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama said yesterday that Chinese teenager Guan Tianlang will gain a huge confidence boost this week if he manages to retain his Asia-Pacific amateur title.
Matsuyama, who won the amateur trophy in 2010 and 2011 and now has a world ranking of 29, said Guan would be under pressure — but the experience would benefit him in the future.
“I did back-to-back wins, and the second time there was a lot of pressure on me,” Matsuyama, 21, said ahead of the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur.
“I think he’ll be in the same situation as me but he’ll learn a lot from it and he’ll gain confidence if he manages back-to-back wins. I think he needs that kind of experience and it will work in his favor in the future.”
Guan was just 14 when he won last year’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand by a shot, earning a US Masters berth as the tournament’s youngest-ever competitor.
The unflappable schoolboy then caused a stir at Augusta when he lifted the Silver Cup as the top amateur.
Guan, now 15, will take aim at a second Masters slot as he defends his amateur title on home soil in Nanshan, China.
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