Topic: China

Liang Wenchong in hunt for PGA Championship after course-record 64: 'I know to remain calm.'Golf is not the problem. It's played the same way in any language. The barriers that players like Liang Wenchong find maddening are a lot less exotic, like ...

"Golden Bear" Nicklaus still on course after reaching 70

MIAMI (Reuters)MIAMI, Jan 2X (Reuters) - Jack Nicklaus will celebrate his 70th birthday this week fishing on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean, but the man regarded by many as golf's greatest player will not have his feet up for too long. ...

Tiger's coach wants role in booming China

Tiger Woods' coach Hank Haney said he wanted to be part of the booming growth of golf in China but could not promise to produce another player to match the world number one. Both Woods and world number two Phil Mickelson have ...

American golfers still reluctant to travel

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson might be at the WGC-HSBC Champions this week but a host of other Americans who qualified haven't taken up the offer. USPGA Tour players are renowned for not travelling overseas out of their comfort zone, unlike many ...

Woods and Mickelson renew battle in China

Tiger Woods renews battle with Phil Mickelson in China this week as Asia hosts its biggest golf tournament ever with the HSBC Champions now elevated to World Golf Championship status. The last time the world's top two players met, Mickelson surged to ...

Tiger prowls in Shanghai as WGC comes to China

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tiger Woods makes a third trip to Shanghai this week still looking for a first HSBC Champions title but now with the added incentive of bagging what would be his 17th World Golf Championship (WGC) victory. The world number ...
Ex-Guantanamo prisoners work behind-the-scenes of PGA Grand Slam in BermudaFour former Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have settled in Bermuda are playing a behind-the-scenes role in the wealthy island's sporting event of the year. The four ethnic Uighurs from western China are working ...

Yang to take on Tiger again at HSBC Champions in Shanghai

BEIJING (Reuters) - PGA Championship winner Yang Yong-eun will renew his rivalry with Tiger Woods on Asian soil in November after confirming his participation at the $7 million HSBC Champions Monday. The 37-year-old South Korean, who became the first Asian man to ...
Yang's major victory over Woods could inspire hope across AsiaFor years, Asian countries could only boast about growth and potential in men's golf. Success was measured by a half-dozen players who had cracked the top 50 in the world rankings over the ...
=(Picture)=International golf officials have announced a major new tournament for Asian amateurs with the winner earning a coveted spot at next year's US Masters. The winner of the inaugural Asian Amateur Championship, to be played at China's Mission Hills from October 29 ...
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