SHANGHAI: International golf returns to China after a four-year pandemic hiatus when the LPGA Shanghai tees off on Thursday (Oct 10), with the host city hoping a hometown hero might be crowned champion. China has thrown itself back into hosting major competitions since the abrupt end of its strict zero-Cov
China's world number two Yin Ruoning will be among the headliners when the LPGA Shanghai tees off on Thursday SHANGHAI: International golf returns to China after a four-year pandemic hiatus when the LPGA Shanghai tees off on Thursday , with the host city hoping a hometown hero might be crowned champion.
"Having an event like this in a strategically important market for the LPGA is important not just from a commercial tournament standpoint, but also in terms of really growing the game," the LPGA's Sean Pyun told AFP. Young people are taking up golf"super fast", with the number of young players registered with the China Golf Association jumping by 20,000 this year.
"We obviously need new and more golfers, especially women golfers, retire so early and so frequently," Pen said, although he noted the latter was a worldwide phenomenon.
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