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We only managed to spend a day-and-a-half in Zhengzhou but it was very enjoyable and also very eye-opening. The city, pronouced Chengchow, is the capital of the Henan province in north-central China. It serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational centre of the province, as well as a major transportation hub for Central China. The city lies on the southern bank of the Yellw River and is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China. Zhengzhou boasts a populatoin of some 9 million ...

England’s William Harrold won the final event on the MENA Tour but it was Welshman Stephen Dodd picking up the bigger prize in ending the 2012 season as Number One. The 24-year-old English prodigy closed with a 67 to end at an impressive 17-under, one ahead of Dodd and two off Scotland’s Duncan Stewart, who set a new course with a final round 63, matching Zane Scotland’s feat recorded earlier in the day at the Al Ain course. Dodd, a three-time winner on the European Tour, may have narrowly ...

Forteen years ago, then amateur Justin Rose set the golf world alight by chipping-in from just to secure fourth place in the 1998 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. He tees-up in this week’s $7m WGC – HSBC Champions event ranked No. 5 in the world and with career earnings in Europe alone of Euro 10,301, 919. Rose has won four times on the European Tour and six times on the PGA Tour along with finishing a brilliant runner-up in the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. He has ...

The Big Easy is hoping ‘A big fall’ will not rule him out of this week’s $7m WGC – HSBC Champions event in China. Els has his left ankle heavily strapped and is on medication after falling over while playing tennis with his daughter, Samantha. It seems Els stumbled and fell heavily on balls left lying around that the double winning Open Champion says should really have been taken from the court while he was playing. Fortunately, Els has expert Australian-born physio Vern McMullen working ...

Mission Hills is this week primed to host of world golf stars competing at a world famous golfing complex. The course today played host to some of the very best names in golf who gathered ahead of the WGC-HSBC Champions 2012 which tees off on Thursday on the 7,301 yard Olazabal Course at Mission Hills’ Dongguan resort in southern China’s Pearl River Delta. A truly first-class line up will greet spectators including defending Champion Martin Kaymer, as well as a host of other major winners from ...

Ryder Cup rookie Nicolas Colsaerts confirmed he will take up the option of playing the PGA Tour from next year. The Belgium revealed he will join the likes of England’s David Lynn, who finished runner-up in this year’s PGA Championship, in taking out 2013 membership before major qualifying changes to the Tour from 2014. However Colsaerts has just one concern before his 2013 membership becomes official, and that is the five players behind him on the PGA Tour money list don’t go behind him ...

Rory McIlroy has defeated Tiger Woods by a stroke with a round of 67 to capture the ‘Duel at Jinsha Lake’ in Zhenghou, China. The current World No. 1 was never behind in his match with the double Major winner from Northern Ireland birding three of the his opening three holes and with Woods dropping a shot at the third. McIlroy made the turn two shots clear at three under par in the medal match-play encounter and with Woods at one under. Woods, competing in China for a first time in two years, ...