A golfer plays an approach shot at Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. The city’s government plans to take back control of a 32-hectare section of the site in September. Photo: Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images
A golfer plays an approach shot at Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. The city’s government plans to take back control of a 32-hectare section of the site in September. Photo: Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images
Josh Ball
Opinion

Opinion

Josh Ball

Hong Kong will never be a globally relevant sporting city if it treats sport with such wilful disregard

  • When it comes to tournaments and competitions that register beyond the immediate confines of the region, Hong Kong has little to offer
  • The city is rushing headlong into sporting irrelevance, with a newly handicapped golf course – and a government that doesn’t seem to care

A golfer plays an approach shot at Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. The city’s government plans to take back control of a 32-hectare section of the site in September. Photo: Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images
A golfer plays an approach shot at Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. The city’s government plans to take back control of a 32-hectare section of the site in September. Photo: Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images
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