Oct 8, 2026 · 43 min · 12 segments
Yixiang Wang is currently ranked #2 in WAGR for People's Republic of China, is about to participate in the Asia-Pacific Am, and just had two top-5s to begin his senior year at the University of…
James BooneHostYixiang WangGuest
Well, okay, you get stateside, you know, you come here as a freshman and you're trying to figure things out.
Um, what are some things that you've learned, right, from 18-year-old Yixion just showing up to the city of Blues, being like, "Here I am, guys.
Like I'm, you know, I'm ready to play college golf." What have you learned from then to three years now that's improved your game? Like whether it's course management, um, you know, even just like navigating socially.
Like what are some things that you've, you feel like you've learned in the last three years?
I, I can even say I'm like a different, I'm a different p- as a person pers- perspective and a player perspective.
Like I'm not saying I'm the best at organizing stuff, but uh, I'm trying to organize my, like the things around me, my room and like the school.
You know, it's, it's really hard for my freshman year, but like nowadays, like I feel like if I'm staying top of it, like I'll be just fine.
And as a golf perspective, like obviously Coach Smart and Coach Jackson taught me the way to be great.
Um, I just have to do it 'cause, uh, I was like terrible, terrible at strategy.
And they taught, taught me, you know, things what you just need to do and it will make you better.
You, we talked about it a little bit off air, but can you talk about maybe the mindset you had coming to college golf of saying, "If I just hit the ball as best as I possibly can, if I stripe it off the tee, you know-
if tee to green I'm awesome, that's, that, that equates to me being a good player."
Um, it- I would say it's definitely one of the important factor that will make you play great but, um, you know, people have, like people have bad days.
Well, okay, you get stateside, you know, you come here as a freshman and you're trying to figure things out.
Um, what are some things that you've learned, right, from 18-year-old Yixion just showing up to the city of Blues, being like, "Here I am, guys.
Like I'm, you know, I'm ready to play college golf." What have you learned from then to three years now that's improved your game? Like whether it's course management, um, you know, even just like navigating socially.
Like what are some things that you've, you feel like you've learned in the last three years?
I, I can even say I'm like a different, I'm a different p- as a person pers- perspective and a player perspective.
Like I'm not saying I'm the best at organizing stuff, but uh, I'm trying to organize my, like the things around me, my room and like the school.
You know, it's, it's really hard for my freshman year, but like nowadays, like I feel like if I'm staying top of it, like I'll be just fine.
And as a golf perspective, like obviously Coach Smart and Coach Jackson taught me the way to be great.
Um, I just have to do it 'cause, uh, I was like terrible, terrible at strategy.
And they taught, taught me, you know, things what you just need to do and it will make you better.
You, we talked about it a little bit off air, but can you talk about maybe the mindset you had coming to college golf of saying, "If I just hit the ball as best as I possibly can, if I stripe it off the tee, you know-
if tee to green I'm awesome, that's, that, that equates to me being a good player."
Um, it- I would say it's definitely one of the important factor that will make you play great but, um, you know, people have, like people have bad days.
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