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Tiffany Chan Tsz-chingi

Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching is Hong Kong's leading female golfer. She scored her best result to date at the 2016 Hong Kong Ladies Open when she staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Thailand’s Kanphanitnan Muangkhumsakul on the first play-off hole

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  • ‘Being able to witness it and see the ball going in the middle of the hole is one of the biggest achievements I can get from golfing,’ she says
  • The 29-year-old finishes the day in a tie for ninth and just three shots back of leaders Hyun-kyung Park and Yun-ji Jeong

Hong Kong’s Tiffany Y K Chan, 18, will tee off against the world’s best in Kentucky this month, knowing ‘this will be like nothing I have ever played’.

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The LPGA Tour player hopes to stand on top of the Olympic podium in future just like Hong Kong’s five medal winners after making adjustments to finish in tie for 50th.

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Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching says the changes she made ahead of round three ‘actually worked out’ as China’s Lin and Feng stay in hunt for podium finish.

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Hong Kong’s number one golfer Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching moves to nine-over and says ‘I definitely have a lot more to improve as far as my game plan goes’.

Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching will refer to notes of Xander Schauffele’s caddie and friend-turned-idol Collin Morikawa’s expertise as she attempts to improve on medal success of ‘inspiring’ Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey.

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‘I hope I can have a breakthrough moment and make history in Tokyo,’ says the city’s only Olympic golfer and LPGA Tour player Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching.

A superb eagle on the 15th helps the 27-year-old recover from two early bogeys as she shoots two-under 69 for a 10-under total and a tie for eighth at the LA Open.

The 27-year-old shoots one-under 70 for a total of eight-under 205 to lie joint seventh after the third round of the LA Open at Wilshire Country Club.

The 27-year-old thrives on her ‘home’ course at Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles, firing seven birdies in a six-under-par 65, one stroke behind leader Jessica Korda.

The 27-year-old says mentally she was not in a great place last summer when missing a number of cuts, but is ready to return to the Tour and confident she can win.

Hong Kong’s top golfer follows first-round 64 with second-round 71 on Friday, and is 9-under par in a tie for 20th place with world No 1 Park Sung-hyun out in front.

Bogey on the 17th hole sees Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan Tsz-Ching miss out on playing the weekend at Hazeltine, as she finishes six over par for two rounds.