Charles Wang (golfer)
Charles Wang | |
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— Golfer — | |
Wang in December 2015
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Personal information | |
Born | 4 February 1997 Beijing, China |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st) |
Nationality | China |
Career | |
College | Northwestern University |
Turned professional | 2015 |
Current tour(s) | Web.com Tour |
Charles Wang (born 4 February 1997) is a Chinese professional golfer. In December 2015 at age 18, Wang qualified for the Web.com Tour through Q School. He had survived all three previous stages of Q School, and was the youngest player in the field at the final stage.[1]
Wang was born in Beijing.[2] At the age of six, he participated in his first junior tournament. In 2010, he came to the United States to attend Sarasota Christian School.[3] He won the IMG Leadbetter Junior Championship in 2011.[citation needed]
Wang attended Northwestern University for the 2014–15 academic year and played on the golf team.[4] He turned pro in the spring of 2015.[1]
Wang is an accomplished violinist.[4]
PLAYER PROFILE
Charles Wang
- Would like to open a sport agency if he had not become a professional golfer
Earliest golf memory is making a hole-in-one in a junior tournament
Has a snow leopard as one of his head covers
Best sporting event he attended was the 2008 Summer Olympics' opening ceremony in Beijing
Not many people know he likes to bungee jump
After earning his Web.com Tour card at the Qualifying Tournament, he celebrated by going sky-diving
He is an accomplished violinist who served as his school's orchestral concertmaster in 2012-13 and performed as a volunteer violinist with the Venice Symphony from 2011-13
Skipped a grade in high school and enrolled at Northwestern University as a 17-year-old.