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1、ExtractfromSina.com–EducationsectionDecember20,2004Golf,thesportwhichusedtosymbolizebourgeoisluxuryanddecadence,isburgeoninginChina. "Onlyabout10golfcourseswereavailablewhenthefirstVolvoChinaOpenwasheldin1995.Thenumberhasreached200now,"saidHu. Thecon
2、structionofgolfcourseshaspickeduppaceinChina.Thenumberisestimatedtoreach1,000by2008. Thenumberofpeopleplayinggolfalreadytopsonemillion,accordingtoGolfMagazine,aBejing-basedperiodical. "Therewillbeadefinitiveshiftofgolfingpowerinthefuture,theonlyquest
3、ioniswhen,"saidMelPyatt,presidentandchiefexecutiveofficerofVolvoEventManagement."MarketforceswilldeterminehowquicklythegamewillexpandinChina." "Ithasalongwaytogotomatchthe15,000golfcoursesoftheUnitedStatesbut,withmoreandmoreChinesecompaniesmovingintot
4、heFortune500andtheexecutiveranksswellingsorapidly,itwon'tbefarbehindinthenext10to15years." However,inChina,anationofover1.3billionpeople,golfisstillasportfortherichandprivileged. AccordingtoCuiZhiqiang,thesecretary-generaloftheChineseGolfAssociation:
5、"Itisactuallyahigh-pricedsportandmosteopleinChinacannotaffordtoplaygolf.ButwiththerapiddevelopmentoftheChineseeconomy,themarketforthesportwillgrow.Weonlyhadafewspectatorswhenthefirst Asthenumberofgolfcoursesmushrooms,concernshavearisenaboutthedevelo
6、pmentofyounggolferswhowillbringpopularitytothegame. "Becauseofalackofsponsorshipandfinancialsupport,mostofChina'sgolfershaveonly10professionalgolfeventsbehindthem.Thatisfarfromenough,"saidZhangLianwei. "Infact,thegapbetweenChineseplayersandEuropeanpl
7、ayersisnotespeciallywide.Thekeyliesinthelackofexperienceandtheplayers'abilitytoadjustthemselvestovariouscourses,"saidThomasBjorn,aworldrankedgolferfromDenmarkwhoparticipatedintheVolvoOpen.ExtractsfromChinatoday.comJune2004Golf'sGreenerPasturesFacedwith
8、declininginterestathome,WesterngolfingstarsandgolftouristsarebeingluredtomassivenewgolfcoursesinChina,shortlytobesiteoftheworld'slargest.TheChinesethemselvesareincreasinglyturningtothesport,formerlyregardedassnobbishandexclusive.Landand
