shangshan feng he didn’t want to play more than 10 years of professional golf. It’s longer than planned, and the Chinese champion’s only regret is that the coronavirus pandemic prevented him from saying goodbye properly. Feng, 32, announced his retirement on Tuesday through an Instagram post in which he said golf had given him more than he could give back.
“Now is the time to try something different,” said Feng, the first Chinese female golfer to win a Grand Slam, the 2012 LPGA Championship. And it is top-4 among the other four ‘good’: 2nd in British (2014) and the Evian Championship (2019), 3rd in ANA Inspiration (2021) and 4th in US Open (2012, 2021).
Shanshan won bronze in golf’s return to the Olympic program in Games of Rio de Janeiro’2016 and won 10 titles on the LPGA Tour and seven on the European circuit. It was world number 1 for 23 weeks, from November 2017 to April 2018.
Feng hasn’t competed in about 18 months since coming third in the Chinese Open at the end of 2019. Then he’s gone for the whole year 2020 because of the pandemic.
He returned in April 2021 to play in the first ‘major’ of the year and shared third place. His last win came in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic in July 2019 and played his last tournament in Tokyo Olympics, last summer, with no viewers after a one-year delay caused by the pandemic. Feng finished eighth.
“Due to the pandemic, I haven’t officially said goodbye to the people who support me on the golf course,” Feng wrote. She said she looks forward to seeing her LPGA crowd again in the future for what she described as her “last dance.” In the meantime, Feng wants to take things slower, focus on personal growth and help develop more Chinese talent. for golf.
“I have a dream that one day, in the future of professional golf, we will see more Chinese players. The players and resources together can help this sport grow exponentially and create future Chinese champions in the future,” Feng opined.
Source: La Verdad
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