Amateur Michelle Cheung became the first Hong Kong golfer in history to play in – and make the cut at – a Ladies European Tour event last month when she put in a brilliant performance at the World Ladies Championship on Hainan Island. Here, Michelle, who will head to Wisconsin University-Madison later this year on a golf scholarship, recalls the experience in her own words
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Written by Michelle Cheung
Photography by Courtesy of Mission Hills
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There is no question that from the time you started until now, the HKGA has developed some very fine players through the junior programme, and that at an international level, Hong Kong is...
Cheung, who is currently studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, carded rounds of 74, 77 and 74 over the picturesque Templer Park Country Club to the north of Kuala Lumpur to finish nine...
The Australian had earlier tied with James Stewart through 36 holes of regulation play over the Old Course at The Hong Kong Golf Club on three-under-par, after the pair had fired matching rounds of...
Playing over the par-72 Burapha Golf Club in Pattaya, D’Souza (215) fired rounds of 73, 70 and 71 to win the Boy’s 17-and-under division by a shot over local talent Tanapat Pichaikool....
More than 270 golfers were in action during the ever-popular two-day event for Hong Kong Golf Association subscribers. Sixty-seven players also qualified for the prestigious MercedesTrophy Hong...
When and where did you go up playing?
When I was eight and a half my family started playing golf at Kau Sai Chau every Sunday. When they were off playing on the course I was left with Eric...
Children aged eight to 10 from primary schools SKH Wing Chun in Sheung Shui and PUA Wah Yan in Wan Chai are the first in Hong Kong to have completed a series of ShortGolf classes delivered at their...
Vicky Jones, spokeswoman for the European Tour, said the 57th Hong Kong Open would look at inviting a broad base of top players - rather than just the world's number one player as it did the last...
Played on the hallowed links of Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club in northwest England, the 72-hole event has been a showcase for the world’s top young players since it was first held in...
Doug Williams continued his dominance of the local senior golf scene with a hard-fought victory at the Hong Kong Seniors Close Amateur Championship at Discovery Bay Golf Club last month.
Williams...