Golf
On the course
I have competed since grade 6. I practise every day and compete year-round in school, national and international junior events, in China and the United States.
- 2025–26 season
- 12 events · 33 rounds
- Scoring average
- 74.24
- Low round
- 68
- Wins · top-3
- 2 · 3
Scoring average across all 33 rounds of the season. I compete as Taorui Jia on Junior Golf Scoreboard, which tracks 9 of these events and shows a gross average of 75.92; finishes and scores match wherever the two overlap.
Honours
National First-Class Athlete
National · ChinaState-issued athlete grade, awarded on competitive performance in golf.
T19, FCG Callaway World Championship
2026 · San Diego, USABoys 15–18, a field of 159, with opening rounds of 69 and 69.
Champion, Pittsburgh Summer Junior Open
2025 · Pennsylvania, USAWon at Quicksilver Golf Club from a field of 38, in my first US summer season.
Champion, Jiangsu Junior Golf Tour Championship
2025 · ProvincialWon the season-ending championship of the Jiangsu Junior Golf Tour.
Third place, Team Titleist Junior Golf Series National Final
2025 · NationalTied for third at the national final in Shanghai, from a field of 12 qualifiers.
Selected results
Eight of my twelve events in 2025–26, newest first. Rounds of 71 or better highlighted. WAGR events count toward the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
What golf taught me
Golf taught me to keep going and stay patient when I hit a difficulty, and to work at it in a positive frame of mind even when the result is not what I wanted. It also taught me that improvement is a measurement problem. Rather than simply practising more, I try to practise more precisely, separating a bad round into whether I lost shots off the tee, on approach, around the green, or putting under pressure.
A weakness is no longer proof that I am not good enough. It is information showing me what to train next. That idea is exactly what PinTrace is built around.