Chan started out in the game as a six-year-old at the Tuen Mun Golf Centre, a public driving range operated by the Hong Kong SAR Government's Leisure and Cultural Services Department, and her Road to Rio has been nothing short of remarkable.
As an amateur who lacks status on any of the major women's tours, the former Diocesan Girls' School student has only been able to accrue Olympic ranking points from professional events she has received invitations to play in. Despite this distinct disadvantage, which meant she played significantly fewer ranking tournaments than the majority of her Olympic rivals, Chan shot into the reckoning for Rio after two special weeks in June.
Soon after being awarded All-American honours following a successful first season playing college golf for the University of Southern California, Chan earned a share of fourth place at the China LPGA Tour's Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Challenge in Jiangsu province. Buoyed by that performance, Chan returned home for the second edition of the Hong Kong Ladies Open, a US$150,000 tournament co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Taiwan (TLPGA) and the Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT), which was staged on the historic Old Course at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling.
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