Zeng Liqi, also known as Liqi Zeng (, born 24 May 2006) is a Chinese

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. A standout amateur player, Zeng joined the

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in 2024 after winning four titles on the

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tour and successfully petitioning for a waiver of the tour's age requirements. Zeng currently plays on the LPGA Tour and the

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Early life and amateur career

Zeng is from

Nanchang, China Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi, China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake. Because of its strate ...

. Zeng first gained attention as an amateur player. In 2020, she won the Nanshan China Amateur Golf Championship and the Buick National Junior Classic. In 2021, she placed second in the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Championship, after a playoff. In January 2022, Zeng won the China Amateur Golf Tour Finals. As an amateur player, Zeng qualified and played at the 2022

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. She placed 30th. At the time of the tournament, she was ranked 30th on the

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, still age 15. Her highest ranking as an amateur player was 7th.

Professional career

In May 2022 at age 16, she turned professional, joining the China LPGA Tour. During her rookie season, she won the Zhangjigang Shuangshan Challenge and the CGA Ladies Championship in successive tournaments. At the end of the season, Zeng was awarded the LPGA of China tour's Order of Merit title. In 2023, Zeng earned her third China LPGA Tour title, winning the Beijing Women's Challenge. She celebrated her 17th birthday while competing in the tournament. The next month, Zeng won her fourth China LPGA Tour title, when she won the Golf Liquor Guangdong Women's Open by three strokes. With the win, she became the youngest player in the history of the China LPGA Tour to achieve four wins. In 2023, Zeng petitioned LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux to be granted a waiver for the minimum age requirements for participating in the LPGA Q-Series. Zeng joined the Epson Tour. In 2024, she earned LPGA Tour status and started her rookie season at 17 years old. In doing so, she became the youngest woman from China to earn a LPGA Tour card. During her rookie season, she participated in 18 LPGA Tour events, and had two top-20 finishes. Zeng finished the season 35th in the Q-Series ranking, and lost her tour card. In 2024, Zeng was named brand ambassador for

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1990. In 2025, Zeng returned to the China LPGA Tour and Epson Tour. In March, she finished T3 at the Mitsubishi Electric Automation Women's Open.

Amateur wins

*2020 Buick National Junior Classic Leg 5, Nanshan China Amateur Golf Championship *2022 China Amateur Golf Tour Finals Source:

Professional wins (4)

China LPGA Tour wins (4)

*2022 Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Challenge, CGA Laides Championship *2023 Beijing Women's Challenge, Golf Liquor Guangdong Women's Open

References

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