Nationality China Name Li Hao-Tong Height 1.83 m Former tours PGA Tour China Turned professional 2011 | Current tour(s) Web.com Tour Role Professional golfer Weight 75 kg Professional wins 4 | |
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Born 3 August 1995 (age 28)
Hunan, China ( 1995-08-03 ) | ||
Li Haotong makes FOUR eagles in one round | Round 3 | 2019 Saudi International
Li Haotong (Chinese: 李昊桐; pinyin: Lǐhàotóng, born 3 August 1995) is a Chinese professional golfer.
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Career
Li turned professional in 2011 and played his early pro career on the OneAsia Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia. He also competed in a few European Tour events. Li qualified for the new PGA Tour China in 2014, where he won three times, led the tour's Order of Merit to earn full Web.com Tour status, and was the first Chinese member of the Web.com Tour. He finished 11th in his first Web.com Tour event, the Panama Claro Championship. He went on to maintain his 2016 Web.com Tour card by finishing 49th on the money list.
During the middle of his Web.com Tour season, Li traveled back to China and entered the inaugural Shenzhen International, an event added to the European Tour for 2015.
Following a first-round 71 and a second-round 73, Li managed a third-round of seven-under-par 65, alongside two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, who shot a 74. At that stage it was the joint lowest round of the tournament alongside Spain's Pablo Larrazabal.
Speaking of the experience of playing alongside Watson, Li said, "He's pretty nice guy, so I very much enjoyed playing with him. I hit a lot of greens and made a lot of birdies. I was pretty lucky also." Watson praised the youngster, saying, "He's hitting the ball really well. He's making a lot of putts. The key around a golf course is a lot of putts and he made a lot of putts today."
On day four of the tournament, Li shot a round of 67, but had to watch on TV to see if he would become the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil. Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who had led for the majority of the tournament, managed to draw level at 12-under-par and force a playoff, which he won by one shot.
The next week, Li finished 6th at the Volvo China Open before returning to the Web.com Tour. At the conclusion of the Web.com Tour year, Li played five consecutive events in Asia, including the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. As one of six Chinese invites, he finished T7, the highest ever PGA Tour finish for a Chinese-born player.
On 1 May 2016, he captured his first European Tour victory by winning the Volvo China Open.
European Tour wins (1)
1 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
OneAsia Tour wins (2)
1 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
Results in World Golf Championships
Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
DNP = Did not play
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.