Holding his own among pros

HE may have been in the company of a few multiple-major winning golfing greats, but Chinese professional Li Hao-tong played beautifully to not only collect one of the biggest cheques of his career, but also hold off a host of Major champions to win the 2016 Mission Hills World Celebrity Pro-Am.

The biennial event, which was established in 2010, teed off last weekend on the Blackstone Course at Mission Hills Haikou. A total of nine professional golfers were competing over two rounds of individual stableford for the US$1 million with Li picking up the winner's prize of US$250…