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Golfer Chen Xingtong Wins HSBC Women’s World Championship Local Qualifiers
Golfer Chen Xingtong Wins HSBC Women’s World Championship Local Qualifiers
Feature: Chen Xingtong
Written By
Kuk Hun Yi
Parent Education Advisor, Sporting Parents Network
Singapore Sports School’s 16-year-old golfer Chen Xingtong has won the much-coveted HSBC Women’s World Championship Singapore qualification spot this week, to earn her place at the HSBC Women’s World Championship taking place at the same venue next month.
Prevailing against a field consisting of Singapore’s top lady professionals and amateurs, Xing Tong held out with some clutch play in a wire-to-wire win in the championship flight over Amanda Tan, an alumna who is playing professional and SEA Games silver medallist Aloysa Atienza.
Xingtong, who previously swam competitively, before switching to golf, has had remarkable success recently with multiple wins in our local junior circuit and a win at the Selangor Amateur Open last year.
Xingtong’s father, Mr Chen, who does not play golf himself, has formed a support system for Xingtong by acquiring a club membership for her to train at, engaging experienced teaching professionals to lay a good foundation for Xingtong’s game, and transferring her from a mainstream school to Singapore Sports School so that she can balance and optimise her studies and sports.
In the HSBC WWC qualifiers this week, where some players had their fathers caddying for them, Mr Chen judiciously elected to support Xingtong from afar by engaging a professional caddy from Sentosa Golf Club for her, so as not to add inadvertent pressure on an already tense final day.
Mr Chen had these observations to share: “Golf is not only a physical game but also primarily a mental game. A lot of the time you're competing against yourself, so it's important to stay focused, calm, and main your tempo during the game.
I'm not a golfer and don't know much about golf techniques. I don't coach her, but I do like to play some mind games with her during her daily practice, such as setting difficult but achievable goals in her practice. This helps develop her mental strength.”
In golf, as in other sports, what is often pivotal to the success of student-athletes’ sporting careers is the eco-system support the student-athletes have from their families, schools and sporting associations. We are privileged to be watching what may be a generational talent for Singapore on the cusp of taking flight.
Wishing Xingtong, Mr Chen and their family every success for the future.
Written By
Kuk Hun Yi
Parent Education Advisor, Sporting Parents Network
Singapore Sports School’s 16-year-old golfer Chen Xingtong has won the much-coveted HSBC Women’s World Championship Singapore qualification spot this week, to earn her place at the HSBC Women’s World Championship taking place at the same venue next month.
Prevailing against a field consisting of Singapore’s top lady professionals and amateurs, Xing Tong held out with some clutch play in a wire-to-wire win in the championship flight over Amanda Tan, an alumna who is playing professional and SEA Games silver medallist Aloysa Atienza.
Xingtong, who previously swam competitively, before switching to golf, has had remarkable success recently with multiple wins in our local junior circuit and a win at the Selangor Amateur Open last year.
Xingtong’s father, Mr Chen, who does not play golf himself, has formed a support system for Xingtong by acquiring a club membership for her to train at, engaging experienced teaching professionals to lay a good foundation for Xingtong’s game, and transferring her from a mainstream school to Singapore Sports School so that she can balance and optimise her studies and sports.
In the HSBC WWC qualifiers this week, where some players had their fathers caddying for them, Mr Chen judiciously elected to support Xingtong from afar by engaging a professional caddy from Sentosa Golf Club for her, so as not to add inadvertent pressure on an already tense final day.
Mr Chen had these observations to share: “Golf is not only a physical game but also primarily a mental game. A lot of the time you're competing against yourself, so it's important to stay focused, calm, and main your tempo during the game.
I'm not a golfer and don't know much about golf techniques. I don't coach her, but I do like to play some mind games with her during her daily practice, such as setting difficult but achievable goals in her practice. This helps develop her mental strength.”
In golf, as in other sports, what is often pivotal to the success of student-athletes’ sporting careers is the eco-system support the student-athletes have from their families, schools and sporting associations. We are privileged to be watching what may be a generational talent for Singapore on the cusp of taking flight.
Wishing Xingtong, Mr Chen and their family every success for the future.
