She wants to dance like Lady Gaga and sing like Christina Aguilera, but the Hong Kong Golf Association will be hoping Stephanie Ho can swing it like Ai Miyazato, the world's number one women's golfer. Ho, 17, is a budding star and one of the three-member Hong Kong women's team bound for the Asian Games. The only thing is she does not know where her stars will take her. 'I love to sing, play golf and I also take my studies seriously. I really don't know what I want to be right now,' smiles Ho. Life is full of promise for the teenager. Just like it is for the others on the Asian Games squad - including the four men, or rather boys as the squad is mostly made up of juniors - all of whom have come through the association's development programme. But Ho's case is special. She has already been singled out as a promising singer and could soon be lost to the sport, which would be a blow to the local game. Ho was one of the contestants in the first year (2009) of The Voice, Hong Kong's version of American Idol. From the 3,000 contestants who began belting out songs, Ho made it to the last eight. She joined the competition by chance, but, once in, her melodious voice was soon winning her fans all over the city. 'Every year in summer, I go to the United States to play golf. But last year because of the flu my parents were frightened to send me and I was in Hong Kong. So with nothing to do, I joined the contest,' Ho says. So instead of swinging a club and eyeing the lay of her putt, she dolled up in sequins and sang her heart out for eight months. 'I mostly sang English songs but also did a few Cantonese numbers. The song I most like to sing is Somewhere Over The Rainbow,' said Ho, who knew she had a good voice since her stint in the school choir. She became one of the most recognised voices at the end of the contest, signing a five-year contract for TVB. However, her vocal talent has muddied her career path - should it be sport or music. For now, its seems she will be juggling both, so next month will be sport's turn, with the hope of a pot of gold somewhere over a rainbow in Guangzhou. But the Hong Kong Golf Association is realistic about the squad's medal chances. 'Winning medals might be a goal too far for us, but if these juniors can perform creditably, it will boost the image of our sport,' says Michael Ip Wai-ki, captain of the men's team. 'This squad could be an example to everyone then that anything can be achieved.' For the first time, Hong Kong will have a women's team at the Asian Games. The other members are Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching and Tam Yik-ching. The men's team comprises Jason Hak Shun-yat, Steven Lam Tsz-fung, Chan Chun-hung and Konstantin Liu Lok-tin, all teenagers. Both men (boys) and women (girls) will take part in the individual as well as team events. In the women's team competition, the best two scores will count, while the best three scores will matter in the men's team event. 'Being able to participate at the Asian Games in itself is a victory for Hong Kong golf,' says Ip. 'And the fact that we are sending a squad of juniors makes it even more remarkable. They are the future and these Games will benefit them hugely.' Just imagine, if in 2016 when golf is played at the Olympic Games, the prospect of Hak and company flying the Bauhinia flag in Rio de Janeiro. 'The fact that our Guangzhou squad is essentially youngsters holds us in good stead for the future,' HKGA vice-president David Hui Chun-yue says. 'Just think where these players could be in 13 years, if Hong Kong was to host the Asian Games.' Hak has already put his name in lights with his prodigious talent. Just two years ago, at the Hong Kong Open, he became the youngest player to make the cut at a European Tour event - at just 14 years and 304 days. Based in the United States, Hak carries the hopes of the local game, with many observers believing he could become the first player to make it big on the professional circuit. The Asian Games, open only to amateurs, will be a good start. 'We have more than 80 kids in our development programme at the association. and around 10 are studying and living overseas,' Ip said. It will be a learning process for every member on the Asian Games team. While it is the first time women are taking part, it will also be the debut for Hak and the boys. 'No one has played at the Asian Games,' Hui says. 'But this exposure will do them good. Our aim is to continue investing in juniors, but it would be wrong to say it is a grassroots programme for we are trying to concentrate on performing at the elite level.' The focus is so big on the Asian Games that Hak, Lam and even Konstantin Liu had to forego the opportunity to play in the Hong Kong Open next month. Liu won his place in the premier tournament twice over by winning the Hong Kong Open Championship as well as the Hong Kong Closed Championship. That is quite an achievement for a 17-year-old. But with the date clash, HKGA officials decided it was better for Liu to play in Guangzhou than in Fanling. 'He can always play in future Hong Kong Opens, but the Asian Games comes along only once every four years,' Hui said. 'But this is a big event for us and we want these kids to get a taste of this and get the experience.' Ho agrees: 'I want to play at the Asian Games badly. Once this is over, my focus will shift to my studies. I hope to join either Hong Kong University or Chinese University. 'But then I will have to decide what to do. Whether to continue playing golf, or sing,' she said.