Catherine Zeta-Jones

HK Golfer meets the Oscar-winning and golf club-wielding actress at the Mission Hills Star Trophy, a pro-celebrity event on China's Hainan Island

What do you most like about these world travels?
What I do find when I travel around the world is that people want to take you to the most extraordinary places. I’m not just saying this because I’m sitting here in Mission Hills, this is something that I find extraordinary – it blows my mind to see something like this facility. And the chance to see these things is just something in my life that is wonderful.

And of course it’s golf that has brought you here today. Are you nervous about competing in an actual event?
This is the first real tournament I’ve played in. I’ve played in my husband’s charity event and I’ve played a few holes as a celebrity. But it’s a wonderful camaraderie, which is what I find one of the attractions of the game.

You mentioned earlier that you play a lot with Michael [Douglas]. Does he ease up on you or is it all-out war?
You know, he’s never even given me a shot, not one stroke. He’s much better than I am, but I’m a dancer so I can see what’s right or wrong with a person’s body and where they are putting their weight. I can’t actually do what’s right myself but I can see what’s wrong in another person!

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