Chan though is used to dealing with expectations, hers and everyone else’s, and she said the struggles of the past few years on tour, where her next best result was a tie for eighth at the 2021 LA Open, and the reaction to them outside her inner circle, had made life “very tough”.

“Everyone at the top level is so good, and I don’t think people in Hong Kong, or in general, understand,” Chan said. “Playing with the top 100 girls in the world, and the level of how girls are performing is insanely good.

“You see Lydia [Ko] dominate the tour, and everyone works as hard and you’re trying to figure out how to beat your friends, so being able to be part of the tour is a big achievement for me.”

But for the 29-year-old, who was at Hong Kong Golf Club on Wednesday as her main sponsor EFG International extended their support for three more years, just being on tour is not enough and the dreams she had as a teenager still hold true.

“I’m still looking to see if I could actually be winning on the main stage, eventually be the top-ranked player, which is what I was looking at when I was a kid,” said Chan, who has been backed by the private banking group since she was 14.

“So, I might be 29 now, but I still have a lot of opportunities and chances to be one of them [the best].”

Next week’s tournament at Sentosa Golf Club, where 18 of the world’s top 20 players will be in the field, provides Chan with the first of those opportunities, in an event she played in five years ago and has again received an invitation for.

Chan was one of four golfers to be asked to take part, with Chinese star Yu Liu, Japan’s Mao Saigo, and China’s Shi Yuting also in the field.

“I’m very fortunate to have HSBC as a supporter,” she said. “I just need some chances to play and I think I proved myself last year. I got a chance and I got two top 10s.”

Which is not to say there haven’t been low moments and the usual social media critics have expressed opinions about her game, which in 2020 saw her make just four cuts in the 10 LPGA events she entered.

That though, as far as Chan is concerned is history, and now is all about moving forward.

“You definitely try and learn from it, but you’re not trying to remind yourself about what happened last year, or the year before,” she said.

“I can learn as an experience, but from then on you just try to find ways to improve. Everyone will go through the low moments, you just don’t know when.”

As well as supporting Chan, who is the bank’s sole Global Sports Ambassador, EFG has renewed its scholarship with Arianna Lau, another bright golfing talent from Hong Kong.

Lau, along with teammates Sophie Han and Charlene Chung, is in Manila this week for the Queen Sirikit Cup, a tournament featuring the best women amateurs from the region.

The trio are in a tie for third, alongside China and Japan, seven strokes back from leaders Korea after Wednesday’s second round at Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club. Lau’s round of 71 leaves her in a tie for fifth in the individual competition.

“Tiffany and Arianna are both inspiring young athletes who embody ambition, grit and long-term commitment,” Albert Chiu, the bank’s executive chairman in the Asia Pacific, said.