Hong Kong Olympian

Tiffany Chan will be one of only three amateur golfers at the Rio Olympics this month, which sees golf return to the Summer Games for the first time since 1904

The amateur pictured here with (from left to right): Candi Anna Chan and Dr Brian Choa of the HKGA, HKPGA Chairman Daniel Liu; Hong Kong Golf Club Lady Captain Pearl Lam, HKGA President Mark Chan; Dr Trisha Leahy, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Sports Institute; Hong Kong Golf Club Captain Kenneth Lam; and HKGA Executive Committee members David Collins and Yoshihiro Nishi

Kenneth Lam, Captain of The Hong Kong Golf Club, said: "Tiffany is one of the best players ever produced by the HKGA's junior and international development programme and we're proud to call her a member of our club. There are only four private clubs and three public courses, at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau, in Hong Kong but together we always work closely with the HKGA to promote the game of golf in our city.

"I don't mind admitting that we all had tears in our eyes when Tiffany won our own national Open at Fanling a month ago. We knew how significant that win was and it is highly gratifying to know that she is now going to Rio.

"Tiffany has long been a great ambassador for Hong Kong and I trust the entire local golfing community will join me in wishing her every success as an Olympian."

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Written by Alex Jenkins

Photography by Daniel Wong

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