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Community at the Heart of UBS Hong Kong Open
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Thousands of youngsters had the opportunity to experience the game of golf and meet some of its star players during the week, as the organisers, title sponsor, and official charitable partner of the UBS Hong Kong Open once again place the community at the heart of the event. With free access to the public on Thursday and Friday, and for all four days for visitors under 21, the Tournament featured a series of youth-focused golf clinics and community outreach efforts. International stars, Matt Fitzpatrick and Hong Kong Golf Club professional, James Wong, started the weeklong initiatives by headlining a golf clinic for over 200 children from the Hong Kong Golf Association’s local schools programme, at the Tuen Mun Golf Centre. On Thursday and Friday, the Hong Kong Golf Club, UBS and the Hong Kong Golf Association hosted 500 children from local schools in the environs of Fanling and other districts, who will benefit from a comprehensive golf experience. Clinics were also hosted for t he Hong Kong Blind Sports Federation on Thursday, and Special Olympics Hong Kong on Friday. The former was co-hosted by, Alfie Plant, winner of the silver medal for leading amateur at The Open Championship earlier this year.
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Chou Crowned Champion at Mission Hills Junior Series Grand Final Chou Po-Yueh of Chinese Taipei stormed to a six-shot victory in the Mission Hills Junior Series Grand Final in Dongguan, Shenzhen. The 17-year-old fired a three-round total of 223 on the demanding Norman Course to win the season-ending World Amateur Golf Ranking event. Playing in the Grand Final by virtue of a top-three finish in the 2017 Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship in Hainan, Chou led wire-to-wire following an opening 73 and finished six ahead of China’s Fan Ji-Cheng, winner of the Boys’ 10-12 division. In the girls’ section, Hong Kong’s Zhang Yun-Xuan, aged only 12, impressed with a one-shot win over Luo Yun-Yi of China. There was also celebration for another Hong Kong girl, Sophie Han who had her first hole-in-one on the 93-yard fourth hole in her opening round. The 8th Grand Final featured leading players from a total of ten Mission Hills Junior Series tournaments played over the past 12 months, plus winners from some of the other junior ‘Majors’ to be hosted by Mission Hills in 2017, including the Annika Invitational, the Faldo Series and the Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship. 10
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