This is Michelle Liu. She’s 12(!) and playing this week at the @cpwomensopen pic.twitter.com/eHsgExQwG9

— Adam Stanley (@adam_stanley) August 20, 2019

Looks like Liu is packing plenty of pop for anyone, let alone someone who is about to enter the eighth grade. Here’s another look at the Vancouver native’s long, powerful swing:

Check out this swing! 12-year-old Michelle Liu hits one in a practice round for the #CPWO pic.twitter.com/8JZX79Iti9

— Bob Weeks (@BobWeeksTSN) August 20, 2019

Also, notice how it only takes her 10 seconds to play her tee shot. Who says the younger generation of golfers are slowing down the game?

One of the LPGA’s old guard, Christina Kim, played nine practice holes with the amateur on Monday and gave a glowing scouting report as well:

Great time today playing the back nine @cpwomensopen with Michelle, the youngest entrant this week. Check this swing out! pic.twitter.com/hfWBrjUpj1

— Christina Kim (@TheChristinaKim) August 20, 2019

Apparently, Liu doesn’t just drive for show, either:

Her stroke is absolutely beautiful and she made nearly everything! pic.twitter.com/za4z0bkRhj

— Christina Kim (@TheChristinaKim) August 20, 2019

Liu will be the youngest participant in the event’s 47-year history, but the tournament is no strangers to golf phenoms. In 2012, Lydia Ko became the youngest LPGA winner at 15 years and four months before defending her title the following year. And Liu’s idol and fellow Canadian Brooke Henderson won last year at 20.

“I hope to become a professional golfer one day and play on the LPGA,” Liu, who qualified for this event by being the top Canadian finisher in last week’s Canadian Amateur, told the Toronto Sun. “I hope to be just as great, but not better than Brooke Henderson.”

Awww. That’s adorable.

It was a wonderful day today and can’t wait to keep an eye on her scores for the rest of her career! pic.twitter.com/8pmQUqArZA

— Christina Kim (@TheChristinaKim) August 20, 2019

Same here, Christina.

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