A nine-year-old from Brazil has become the youngest person ever to try and qualify for the US Women’s Open, according to CNN.

Let’s begin by examining some of the most gifted young athletes in the history of golf, starting with Tiger Woods: With six junior world championships under his belt, he holds the record for being the only player to win three consecutive US junior championships and was also a three-time winner of the US amateur from 1994 to 1996. Woods turned professional in August 1996 and within a year, he had won three PGA Tour events, became the youngest winner of The Masters at the age of 21, and achieved the fastest rise to No. 1 after turning pro, accomplishing this feat in just 290 days. In this photo, Woods is shown competing in the 1996 US Amateur Championships.

After achieving multiple victories in amateur competitions in Canada, Brooke Henderson broke the record for youngest winner of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (held at Sahalee Country Club) when she claimed her first major title at the age of 18 in 2016. Since then, Henderson has accumulated eight wins on the LPGA Tour, with her most recent triumph occurring at the LA Open in April 2021.

In 2009, Matteo Manassero became the youngest player to win the British Amateur Championship at Formby Golf Club. The following year, at the age of 16, he also made the cut at The Masters. This catapulted him into the professional scene and he became the first teenager to win three times on the European Tour. He secured victories at the Castello Masters, Malaysian Open, and the BMW PGA Championship, establishing himself as a potential superstar. However, Manassero has faced challenges since then and has not won on the European Tour since 2013. Despite this, his 7th and 8th place finishes in 2022 have been a strong start to the year for the Italian.

At just 14 years old, Atthaya Thitikul became the youngest professional golfer to win a tour event when she emerged victorious at the Ladies European Thailand Championship in 2017. Despite her young age, Thitikul has already earned several amateur titles and turned pro in 2020. She has since garnered three more wins on the Ladies European Tour, and in March 2022, she claimed her first LPGA Tour victory at the JTBC Classic in Southern California (pictured). By May, she had risen to No. 4 in the world rankings, solidifying her status as a rising star in the world of golf.

Following a pattern in Thailand of producing talented young golfers, Ratchanon “TK” Chantananuwat came close to surpassing Thitikul’s record as the youngest male player to win on a major Tour at just 15 years and 37 days old. In April 2022, he achieved this milestone at the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Cup (pictured), marking a new highlight in his amateur career. Prior to this, he had already made history as the youngest player to make the cut in the All Thailand Golf Tour at the age of 13 years and four months in 2020.

Lydia Ko, a golfer from New Zealand, made history in August 2012 when she became the youngest player to win on the LPGA Tour at 15 years old. This came after her previous victory on the ALPG Tour earlier that year. Since turning professional in October 2013, Ko has continued to excel and has amassed an impressive collection of trophies. In 2015, at just 17 years old, she became the youngest golfer to achieve the No. 1 ranking and currently has 17 wins on the LPGA Tour.

Considered by many to be the top golfer who never turned professional, Bobby Jones is a highly significant figure in the sport. With impressive victories under his belt by the time he was 14, it took longer than anticipated for Jones to secure his first major win at the age of 21 in the US Open of 1923. He went on to win three more major titles and three British Opens before retiring at the young age of 28. Jones then went on to establish the Augusta National Golf Club and was involved in designing its course. This is where The Masters, originally known as the Augusta National Invitational, was first held in 1934.