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Chinese game takes to the tee.

Publication: USA Today
Publication Date: 04-NOV-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Calum MacLeod

BEIJING -- Tiger Woods and world No. 2 Phil Mickelson head the field at this week's WGC-HSBC Champions, Asia's first World Golf Championship event, at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai. But they will only be part of the show.

Besides Woods and $7 million in prize money, the tournament highlights China's young but booming golf industry. After the recent decision to add golf to the Olympics in 2016, officials and coaches expect China to offer golf the massive state support that put the country atop the gold medal table at its 2008 Olympics.

And it might...



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