If it hadn’t been for one American Junior Golf Association tournament – the 2016 Rolex Tournament of Champions at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Ga. – no one in the Western golf world might have known about the Hou sisters until they became professionals.
The Hou (pronounced “Ho”) sisters, Yu-Sang and Yu-Chiang, had no plans to go to college. Both expected to turn pro in their native Taiwan when they turned 18. But plans change.
Yu-Chiang (Vivian) Hou is the younger of the sisters and the No. 2 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Photo: Mike Zarrilli, Getty Images
Now, Yu-Sang, 20, is a junior at the University of Arizona, while Yu-Chiang, 19, who goes by Vivian when she’s in the States, is a freshman for the Wildcats. Both are making a splash in the college and amateur ranks.
But if it hadn’t been for that AJGA tournament, a quiet affair beside the lapping waters of a man-made lake an hour’s drive west of Augusta, Arizona head coach Laura Ianello might never have found this dynamic duo.
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