Golf Emerging in China, and an Emerging Chinese Golfer
Friday, 20th June 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
This video from Daedalum Films tells the story of Zhou Xunshou, a farmer turned security guard turned pro golfer. His story—he is entirely self-taught and club members laughed at him the first time he asked to hit a tee shot—is an extreme version of a pattern in China's professional golf world, which includes many players who took up the game relatively late in life.
Zhou is currently ranked 14th on China's Omega Order of Merit. He will be featured heavily in "Par for China," an upcoming book by Shanghaiist editor Dan Washburn. Washburn is an American journalist who has been in Shanghai for six years. When the book comes out, it should be the definitive title on the state of golf in China.
Here are links to some of Washburn's other golf stories, all written for ESPN:
Zhou makes remarkable leap into professional golf
Golf in China: All growing, all new, all raw
Golf still an elitist pursuit in China
Tags: golf, Omega China Tour, Washburn, Zhou Xunshou
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