China golfer Feng Shanshan announced his retirement.
Golf Grand Slam champion and former No.1 Feng Shanshan announced his official retirement on his personal social media platform on the 2nd.
This is a video of Feng Shanshan’s career review. Provided by Feng Shanshan brokerage team.
"In recent years, the epidemic has changed a lot of things and made me think a lot. In the past years, I spent most of my time floating outside, always on the journey. Now I can stop for a while, concentrate more on my personal improvement and spend more time with my parents. In the past few decades, golf has brought me a lot, and since then I hope to do more for golf. " Feng Shanshan said in a letter to fans.
This is Feng Shanshan’s letter to fans published on his personal social media account.
Feng Shanshan was born in Guangzhou on August 5th, 1989. In 2007, she passed the qualification examination and obtained the membership of the American Women’s Professional Golf Tour (LPGA). She is the first LPGA all-in-one player in Chinese mainland. In 2012, Feng Shanshan won the LPGA Championship, which was the first time that a registered player of China Golf Association won four Grand Slam titles.
During his 15-year career, Feng Shanshan won 22 titles, including 10 LPGA titles, in international competitions such as USA Tour, Europe Tour and Japan Tour. Feng Shanshan ranked first in the world in November 2017, and has been the "queen of the ball" for 23 weeks. In the Olympic Games, Feng Shanshan once played as the captain of the national team in the Rio Olympic Games and the Tokyo Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal in Rio and the eighth place in Tokyo.
On June 10th, 2012, Feng Shanshan wore the national flag and took a photo with the trophy. On the same day, she won the LPGA championship in Pittsburgh, USA. Xinhua news agency
It is the most memorable moment of Feng Shanshan’s career that he won the first place in the world at the Blue Bay Masters. "It is very coincidental that the goal I set for myself that year was to hit the world first. In 2017, I played well all season. The Blue Bay Master won the championship in Japan one week before the competition and reached the second place in the world. Back in the Blue Bay, many players, family members, teams and friends came up to splash water to celebrate the final putt into the hole. It is incredible for me to complete my goal at the end of the season and stand in the first place in the world. " Feng Shanshan said.
On November 11th, 2017, Feng Shanshan won the ninth LPGA champion in her career at the Blue Bay Masters in Lingshui, Hainan, thus rising to the first place in the professional golf women’s world ranking. Xinhua news agency
Looking back on his whole career, Feng Shanshan is proud of himself. "In the past, I usually gave this year a score of 85 points or more than 90 points, leaving some space for myself, because golf is such a sport that needs to constantly surpass itself and constantly pursue to become a better self. But when I first started playing, my goal was only to get into LPGA. I have come all the way to the present after constantly completing and refreshing my goals. So I am very proud of my whole career, and now I will give myself 100 points. "
This is Feng Shanshan who won the bronze medal in the women’s golf competition at the Rio Olympic Games. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei photo
At present, Feng Shanshan has officially served as the head coach of the women’s team of China National Training Team. She said that she would combine her international experience with the situation of golf in China, and gradually sort out a training system that is most suitable for China players. "Now, as the head coach of the national women’s training team preparing for the Hangzhou Asian Games, I will arrange the training time with the national team to help the players get closer to their respective goals. I hope that more outstanding domestic players can go abroad, and more world No.1 and Olympic medal winners and even gold medals from China will appear. "
Feng Shanshan also said that she will continue to do a good job in youth training and golf popularization, hoping that the "legion effect" of China players can also be formed in the future professional arena.