Hong Kong amateur Humphrey Wong approaching Open test with new mindset
Teenager spends five weeks meditating in the foothills of the Himalayas in India ahead of this week’s trip to Hong Kong Golf Club
Don’t look for any nerves from teenage amateur Humphrey Wong when he tees up for the US$2 million UBS Hong Kong Open on Thursday.
After five weeks meditating in the foothills of the Himalayas in India, nothing should faze the 18-year-old from Hong Kong.
“I just recently came back from a monastery in Sikkim where I was learning meditation,” Wong revealed.
“I was there for a month working on my breathing. Hopefully it will help on the golf course, but I haven’t tried it out yet. I loved it.”
For those old enough to remember, thoughts immediately turn to Chevy Chase as the philandering professional Ty Webb and those immortal words from the 1980 golfing classic Caddyshack: “Just be the ball.”
It remains to be seen how Wong’s new-found equilibrium plays out on the golf course, but if the smile he is carrying around is any indication, results – at this stage at least – won’t matter that much.