As we are all aware, golf is set to become an Olympic sport in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. With this in mind, China is striving to become a country that builds champion golfers and they are backing it up with investment in the education and training of the next wave of golfers! The growth of golf in China has been well documented and companies are well aware of this fact, making their own investment in contributing to the game! Resorts such as Mission Hills Haikou are just one of many that have risen in China and exhibition matches between two of the world’s top players are being held to bring more attention to the game in the world’s most populated country!
There are already signs of the next wave of golfers from China, with Guan Tianlang making his Masters debut last year at the age of 14 and Ye Wocheng, becoming the youngest player to play on the European Tour at 12 years old! BBC recently visited the new £50m National Training Centre in Nanshan, which features “world-class golf technique and strategy training equipments, technique diagnosis and testing equipments, sports injury recovery technology and equipments, golf gadgets customization and debugging center.” With more than 7 billion people in China and the amount of investment put into training the next top golfers, it will be interesting to see the impact China will have on golf in the next decade or so!
Source: BBC News
