Meet the 10-year-old Hong Kong prodigy already beating the Americans who wants to be ‘the world’s best golfer’
Arianna Lau is turning heads with play well beyond her years and is being called ‘something special’ by those in the know
In a city that has long put study above all else for students and where sporting prodigies are scarce, 10-year-old Hongkonger Arianna Lau is turning heads on the golf course with play well beyond her years.
After winning the FCG International Junior World Golf Championship as a six-year-old in California in 2014, Lau won her age group again last year and has no doubt where she is headed.
“My dream is to be the world’s best professional golfer, I want to be world number one,” she said. “Also, in the coming two years I want to play in the Hong Kong Ladies Open and amateur tournaments in America.”
Despite her tender age, the precocious talent is already passing on her expertise to fellow youngsters and was on hand on Tuesday as HSBC Insurance and the Hong Kong Golf Association launched an initiative that will see more than 1,000 primary school students receive free training this week.
Lau, who is starting on a full sports scholarship at Malvern College Hong Kong after summer, loves the mental and physical hurdles that golf presents.