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China's Dou Zecheng earns historic PGA Tour card
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Dou Zecheng could scarcely believe it as he became the first Chinese golfer to earn a prized PGA Tour card, saying his rise to the world's richest circuit was "going to be pretty big."

It completes a historic month for Chinese golf after Li Haotong finished third at the British Open at Royal Birkdale -- China's best performance in a men's major.

Li's remarkable 63 in his final round saw him mentioned as a future major-winner, but the slight Dou -- also known as Marty -- stole the limelight on Sunday when the 20-year-old won the Digital Ally Open in Kansas on the Web.com Tour.

He was the first Chinese player to win on the tour, which is the development competition for the PGA, but his three-stroke victory came with an even greater prize.

"I was talking to my team and I didn't know if I needed to keep practising or get more experience on the Web.com Tour instead of trying to get to the PGA Tour so fast," the fresh-faced Dou told pgatour.com.

"I never thought I could win this year."

Dou, who only turned pro in 2014 and has competed in the PGA Tour China in the past few seasons, also banked a cheque of $117,000 with the Kansas win.

"It's a big honour to represent China and come play in the United States," said Dou, who speaks excellent English after spending more than five years in Vancouver, where he took up golf seriously.

"Playing and learning from the best, competing and earning my tour card, it feels amazing right now."

The bespectacled Dou and fellow Chinese Zhang Xinjun have been travelling together this season and trying and earn their tour card.

"It's going to be pretty big," added Dou after the career-changing victory.

"We've been talking to the Chinese media this year about a Chinese player potentially getting to the PGA Tour, how soon will they get their card.

"And I just did it here. It just happened."

Source: AFP

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