To go with story Lifestyle-China-leisure-golf by Dan Martin A golfer tees off at a course in Sanya on October 25, 2009 in China's southermost tropical island province of Hainan. Golf courses have sprouted like mushrooms across the country as the sport catches on, but no place has hitched its wagon to the sport's boom quite like Hainan, which resembles an oval golf green on a map of the South China Sea. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
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