Charmed by the greats


It’s all looking good: China’s Liu Yu shares the lead in the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship at the Sentosa Golf Club yesterday. — AFP

SINGAPORE: China’s Liu Yu was just 13 when she had the opportunity to travel here to play the Pro-Am with the world’s then best female golfers Tseng Yani of Taiwan and Lorena Ochoa of Mexico at the HSBC Women’s World Cham­pionship (then known as HSBC Women’s Champions).

The brief stint did the Beijing-born lass a world of good as Liu Yu had since set her sights on becoming a top professional golfer.

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