Steering students on a new course

Youngsters hold key to China's future on links

China is taking a big swing at closing the gap on the golf's global heavyweights by introducing the sport to students in order to deepen the national talent pool.

In an exclusive interview with China Daily, Jin Hongwen, director of the golf department at the Multi-Balls Sports Administrative Center of the State General Administration of Sports, said including golf in physical education classes for primary and secondary schools is a "key task" this year.