Louie Chan talks to the HKGA Golf Development Director about his 30 years of coaching career, his favourite course and who would be in his dream fourball
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Written by Louie Chan
Photography by Daniel Wong
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A few days prior to the start of the UBS Hong Kong Open, I made my way to Shek O Country Club with what I thought was a pretty straightforward assignment: grab a quick interview with Thomson over...
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Stephanie Ho
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2009 has been a breakthrough...
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