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anyone thinking the return of golf to the olympics in 2016 will bring tens of millions of chinese into the game should probably think again. more likely is that china will produce not a mass-appeal game but rather a small number of world-class players, as it has in tennis where li na won the 2011 french open. china had its greatest day in world golf sunday when it swept the individual, team and amateur titles in the inaugural world ladies championship, a ladies european tour event. even though it was a home game, played on the vintage course at mission hills haikou on hainan island in southern china, it was an impressive effort. lpga member shanshan feng (shown) took the individual title at 10-under-par 206 for 54 holes and teamed with liying ye to be the best among 20 national teams. Jing yan, a 16-year-old chinese national team member born and raised in singapore, took amateur honors by two strokes over lydia ko, the top-ranked female amateur. don’t expect to see lines of locals waiting to play courses in china anytime soon, but don’t be surprised to see a player from the mainland contending to be the best player in the world by the time we get to rio in 2016. —Ron Sirak (@ronsirak)