CHINESE TEEN SENSATION Guan Tianlang is in danger of missing the half-way cut at the Masters thanks to a controversial rules call.
Guan, 14, shot a 75 in his second round to finish the day on four-over par, dangerously close to the projected cut mark.
There was controversy on the 17th hole when Guan was hit with a slow play penalty by the rules officials.
The youngster and playing partners Ben Crenshaw and Matteo Manassero had been warned that they were on the clock earlier in the round. Although Guan parred the hole in four, he was penalised a stroke and scored with a bogey five .
Guan, who would be the youngest player ever to make the cut if he survives until the weekend, was born in 1998.
Crenshaw and fellow golf pro Steve Flesch were among those to express their disappointment with the officials’ call:
Australia’s Marc Leishman currently leads on six-under-par, one shot clear of Fred Couples and Jim Furyk. World number two Rory McIlroy is in a tie for 21st place a further four shots back on one-under.
