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2016 Masters Tournament: Amateurs in the Field

By Elizabeth Bethel

Golf: The Masters: Jordan Spieth with caddie Michael Greller on No 13 hole during Sunday play at Augusta National. Augusta, GA 4/12/2015 CREDIT: Kohjiro Kinno (Photo by Kohjiro Kinno /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (Set Number: X159484 TK5 )
Golf: The Masters: Jordan Spieth with caddie Michael Greller on No 13 hole during Sunday play at Augusta National. Augusta, GA 4/12/2015 CREDIT: Kohjiro Kinno (Photo by Kohjiro Kinno /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (Set Number: X159484 TK5 ) /
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CHON BURI, THAILAND – DECEMBER 13: Jin Cheng of China plays the shot during the final round of the 2015 Thailand Open at Amata Spring Country Club on December 13, 2015 in Chon Buri, Thailand. (Photo by Thananuwat Srirasant/R /

18-year old Jin Cheng will bear watching as he develops his game.

Jin Cheng, the current Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion, is traveling to Augusta National from China.

It’s worth noting that Hideki Matsuyama won the Asia-Pacific Amateur title back-to-back (2010 and 2011) and China’s teen golf sensation, Guan Tianlang, also came to the Masters in 2013 as the Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion.

Jin Cheng, who is 18, has accumulated an impressive resume of amateur victories and, playing as an amateur, has made cuts on the OneAsia Tour and the Asian Tour. He’s currently a freshman at USC and playing collegiate golf for the USC Trojans.

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