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ZHANG LIAN-WEI, IS A SELF-TAUGHT PLAYER WHO HAS BATTLED OFFICIALDOM TO PLAY OVERSEAS. ZHANG HAS BROKEN THROUGH TO BECOME THE FIRST CHINESE PLAYER TO WIN ON THE EUROPEAN TOUR AND THE FIRST TO PLAY THE U.S. MASTERS.
"THE FIRST GENERATION OF CHINESE GOLFERS HAVE FACED A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES," ZHANG SAYS. "BUT THE NEXT GENERATION, I THINK, WILL BE QUITE OUTSTANDING IN ASIA AND THE WORLD."
ZHANG, A FARM BOY WHO FIRST SAW A GOLF BAG WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO CARRY ONE FOR A JAPANESE TOURIST, NOW PLAYS AT ANY ONE OF THE LAVISH NEW GOLF COMPLEXES SPRINGING UP ACROSS CHINA.
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