Ye leads young European Tour record breakers

When Ye Wo-cheng tees it up at the Volvo China Open on Thursday aged 12 years and 242 days, the Chinese prodigy will become the youngest to play in a European Tour event. Before that, europeantour.com takes a look at the other young names to have made a mark on the top tier of European golf...

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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>**Ye Wo-cheng</strong></td>
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<td><strong>12 & 242 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>Volvo China Open</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><strong>2013</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Guan Tian-lang</strong></td>
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<td><strong>13 & 177 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>Volvo China Open</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><strong>2012</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Shih-kai Lo</strong></td>
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<td><strong>13 & 280 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>Omega Hong Kong Open</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><strong>2003</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Pedro Figueiredo</strong></td>
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<td><strong>13 & 291 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>Estoril Open de Portugal</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><strong>2005</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Sergio Garcia</strong></td>
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<td><strong>15 & 46 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>Turespana Open Mediterrania</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><strong>1995</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Nicolas Colsaerts</strong></td>
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<td><strong>15 & 251 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>TNT Dutch Open</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><strong>1998</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Rory McIlroy</strong></td>
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<td><strong>16 & 8 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><strong>2005</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Matteo Manassero</strong></td>
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<td><strong>16 & 18 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>BMW Italian Open</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><strong>2009</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Guan Tian-lang</strong></td>
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<td><strong>14 & 169 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>Masters Tournament</strong></td>
<td align="right"><strong>2013</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Jason Hak</strong></td>
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<td><strong>14 & 304 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>UBS  Hong Kong Open</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>2009 (Nov 08)</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Sergio Garcia</strong></td>
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<td><strong>15 & 46 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>Turespana Open Mediterrania.</strong></td>
<td align="right"><strong>1995</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Matthias Schwab</strong></td>
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<td><strong>15 & 282 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>Austrian GolfOpen </strong></td>
<td align="right"><strong>2010</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 21px;"><strong>Pablo Martin (AM)*</strong></td>
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<td><strong>17 and 6 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2003 Open de España</strong></td>
<td><strong>3</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 21px;"><strong>Matteo Manassero**</strong></td>
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<td><strong>17 and 136 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2010 Omega European Masters</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Matteo Manassero</strong></td>
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<td><strong>17 and 188 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2010 CASTELLÓ MASTERS Costa Azahar</strong></td>
<td><strong>4</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Matteo Manassero</strong></td>
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<td><strong>17 and 363 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2011 Maybank Malaysian Open</strong></td>
<td><strong>4</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Danny Lee (AM)</strong></td>
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<td><strong>18 and 213 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2009 Johnnie Walker Classic</strong></td>
<td><strong>4</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Noh Seung-yul</strong></td>
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<td><strong>18 and 282 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2010 Maybank Malaysian Open</strong></td>
<td><strong>4</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Seve Ballesteros</strong></td>
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<td><strong>19 and 121 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>1976 Dutch Open</strong></td>
<td><strong>4</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Anders Hultman (AM)*</strong></td>
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<td><strong>19 and 146 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>1998 Volvo Scandinavian Masters</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>*Shared the lead</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>**Had the lead outright</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Matteo Manassero</strong></td>
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<td><strong>17 and 188 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2010 CASTELLÓ MASTERS Costa Azahar</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Matteo Manassero</strong></td>
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<td><strong>17 and 363 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2011 Maybank Malaysian Open</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Danny Lee (AM)</strong></td>
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<td><strong>18 and 213 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2009 Johnnie Walker Classic</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Noh Seung-yul</strong></td>
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<td><strong>18 and 282 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2010 Maybank Malaysian Open</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Seve Ballesteros</strong></td>
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<td><strong>19 and 121 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>1976 Dutch Open</strong></td>
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<td style="height: 20px;"><strong>Sergio Garcia</strong></td>
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<td><strong>19 and 176 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>1999 Murphy's Irish Open</strong></td>
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<td><strong>19 and 273 days</strong></td>
<td><strong>2009 Dubai Desert Classic</strong></td>
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