Oscar winner Michael Douglas, whose movie-star wife Catherine Zeta-Jones competed in the 2010 edition, commented: “This was a treat, what they have done with the golf course here, this is just a stunning job.”
Ex-football idol Dwight Yorke said: “For a golf addict like me to come and play at Mission Hills, it was like a dream come true.” Yorke’s former teammate at Manchester United Paul Scholes added: “I was nervous as hell out there. It gets the adrenalin going again and gives you that nervous energy that you miss after [retiring from] football. To have that back, only for a couple of days, was great.”
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