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Golf: No mobile phone, just practise and focus - here’s why China’s Ding Wenyi is going places

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Ding Wenyi is the first male golfer from China - and just the fifth international player - to win the US Junior Amateur Championship.

Ding Wenyi is the first male golfer from China - and just the fifth international player - to win the US Junior Amateur Championship.

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SINGAPORE – After an intense few days at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, Chinese golfer Ding Wenyi arrived in Singapore from Thailand.

But after touching down in Singapore at 3pm on Wednesday, instead of taking a break, the 17-year-old headed straight to the driving range at Laguna National Golf Resort Club to practise.

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