TAOYUAN, Taiwan — Canada’s Anna Huang is placing collectively a rookie season to recollect on the Girls European Tour (LET).
The 16-year-old from Vancouver has already claimed two titles this fall, profitable the La Sella Open in Spain and the Lacoste Girls Open de France to grow to be a two-time LET champion.
“It’s been such a shock and a extremely huge shock to me,” Huang stated forward of this week’s occasion at Dawn Golf & Nation Membership in Taoyuan. “I didn’t assume I’d win two instances back-to-back, so it’s been loopy. It’s been such an thrilling time and a giant studying course of.”
Regardless of skipping final week’s Hero Girls’s Indian Open, Huang has an opportunity to make it three consecutive victories as she continues her sturdy run of kind in her debut season.
“To win three in a row could be actually cool,” she stated. “I’m so grateful for 2 wins, however three would positively be the cherry on prime.”
Huang at the moment sits tenth on the LET Order of Advantage with simply three tournaments remaining within the 2025 season — a formidable achievement for one of many youngest gamers on tour.
{The teenager}, who has represented Canada in worldwide competitors by means of Golf Canada’s nationwide group program, credit her household for maintaining her grounded throughout a whirlwind 12 months. Her father continues to function each her caddie and coach.
“Ever since I began enjoying, he’s been my caddie and in addition my coach,” stated Huang. “He positively is aware of my sport the very best. We generally argue a bit bit right here and there, however we work rather well as a group. Being 16 and enjoying on tour can get fairly tense, so having my household with me is nice.”
Born and raised in Vancouver, Huang stated European-style programs are likely to swimsuit her sport.
“The programs over listed below are a bit completely different in comparison with Europe,” she stated. “Rising up in Vancouver, I believe European-style golf programs swimsuit my sport extra — it’s a fairly comparable local weather — however we’ll see what occurs this week. With the wind right here, it’s all about staying affected person and making sensible selections.”
Huang isn’t placing added stress on herself heading into the season’s last stretch.
“It will be nice to get one other win, however I attempt to not assume too far forward,” she stated. “I’m simply taking one event at a time and seeing how issues go. After profitable in Spain and France, it’s given me lots of confidence for the final occasions of the season, so I’m simply actually excited.”
Huang’s speedy rise provides to a rising wave of younger Canadian expertise making an influence on the worldwide stage — a promising signal for the continued improvement of ladies’s golf in Canada.
