Ethan Fang - British Amateur Champion

April 8, 2026·32 min·2 clips

British Amateur Champion Ethan Fang reveals how he's preparing to tee it up at Augusta for the Masters.

The Masters is sitting in the background. Fang says he tried not to think too much about Augusta over the summer, because he still had about ten tournaments before he got there. Good luck with that, basically. Edelberg frames the conversation around knowing a Masters start is waiting down the road, and Fang does not make it bigger than it needs to be. He treats it as something he has had to manage while still playing other tournaments. Now that Augusta is only two or three weeks away, it is harder to keep it tucked away. Then the talk comes back to Oklahoma State. Karsten is the example, because that course does not let players drift. Lose focus for a little while and a six can show up fast. Fang says it demands mental sharpness and different shots, so some tournament venues feel a little less nasty afterward. Edelberg also gets into the odd fit between a hard home course and college events that can turn into birdie races. He brings up Texas Tech winning the Valspar at forty-something under par. Karsten is not built like that, so Fang says the staff shifts practice when upcoming courses call for short par fives, wedge approaches, and scoring chances. The prep gets practical in a hurry. They use the short game area for little nine hole setups from about eighty to one hundred forty yards, and they keep it competitive with team games around up and downs. It sounds like the kind of practice players will actually stay awake for. Near the end, Fang's recruiting advice is simple: be yourself and play your own game, because that is what coaches want to see. Edelberg sends him back to work, with the Haskins Invitational and the Masters both still on the horizon.

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A calm conversation about Augusta, college golf, and the habits that keep a player ready.

Ethan Fang's road to Augusta carries the episode, with Ben Edelberg using the Masters as a frame for one of college golf's top players. The talk lingers on the long wait after the British Amateur win, the effort to keep that invitation from taking over his head, and the work…

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Follow Ethan Fang from a British Amateur title to the Masters tee.

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