Omega China Tour regular Wu Kangchun says the country's emerging professional golfers need more opportunities before they can join Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei in competing on the Asian Tour.
Wu is among the cast of Chinese players invited to compete in this week's $1 million Pine Valley Beijing Open, the third Asian Tour event in China in the past four weeks, each featuring a significant number of local professionals and amateurs.
China Golf Association and Japan Golf Tour are sanctioning the Pine Valley Golf Resort and Country Club event, which tees off on Thursday.
Wu made a name for himself by winning last year's Sofitel Golf Championship, on the Omega China Tour, in his first competitive event since turning professional.
Last month, the 26-year-old made the cut for the second successive year at the US$2.2 million Volvo China Open in Beijing, along with 29-year-old Liang, eight-time Omega China Tour winner Li Chao, Wu Weihuang and Hu Mu, the 18-year-old Florida-based amateur.
Liang, Li and Hu also made the cut in the following week's US$2.3 million BMW Asian Open in Shanghai, along with 42-year-old Zhang. All four were in the top-12 after two rounds. Hu went on to finish as the top amateur.
The two high-profile events were both sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour and China Golf Association.
Even so, Wu said it was disappointing more of the large Chinese contingent couldn't raise their game on home soil.
