The Moutai Singapore Ladies Masters welcomes a new generation of golfers from China.
Chinese golf is entering one of its most exciting phases. As established stars continue to compete across the sport’s biggest stages, a new generation is stepping forward. They are younger, fearless, and armed with global ambitions.
Among those most closely watched names are Ren Yijia, Zhou Shiyuan, two of China’s leading amateurs who have recently turned professional and are already being touted as the future of the nation’s game.
They will be in action at the Moutai Singapore Ladies Masters, which returns for its third edition at Laguna National Golf Resort Club from June 12–14. Headlined by new title sponsor Kweichow Moutai and boasting an increased prize purse of US$120,000, the tournament continues to strengthen its position as a key platform for emerging talent in the region.
Sanctioned by the China Ladies Professional Golf Tour (CLPG Tour), the 54-hole stroke play event will feature a full field of 108 players and marks a 20 per cent increase in prize money from previous editions.
At just 16, Ren has already etched her name into the record books when she captured the Orient Ningbo Challenge to become the first amateur to win four times on the CLPG Tour earlier this year. The Dalian native, who won the China Amateur Open in 2024, was already the Tour’s youngest winner when she won the Beijing Women’s Challenge at just 14 years, 10 months and 15 days.
Like Ren, Zhou may only be 16 years old, but the Chinese teenager is also a star in her own right, boasting three victories on the CLPG Tour. At 15 years, five months and 14 days old, Zhou is also the youngest player to win three times on the Tour.
Adding further intrigue to China’s rising cohort is Liu Yujie, whose sporting lineage has drawn widespread attention. As the daughter of table tennis legend Liu Guoliang, she carries a surname synonymous with Chinese sporting excellence. But Liu’s journey is not one of borrowed identity. She showed she has the promise to go with lineage when she clinched her CLPG breakthrough by winning the CLPG Tour’s Jackfish Guangdong Women’s Open last year.
In line with the tournament’s commitment to local development, eight spots have been reserved for Singapore amateurs — four via nominations and four earned through qualifying events organised by the Singapore Junior Development Tour (SJDT).
As CLPG Tour players increasingly progress to the LPGA, the Moutai Singapore Ladies Masters offers more than prize money and trophies. It provides a rare glimpse into the future of women’s golf — spotlighting the next generation of rising stars.
