European 小旅行する bosses unfazed by 中国 厳重取締
The 長，率いる of the European 小旅行する said Monday that 中国's 判決，裁定 共産主義者 Party banning its members from ゴルフ should be seen as a "肯定的な" step for the game's growth in the world's most populous nation.
The 小旅行する's new CEO, Keith Pelley, said the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to introduce new 支配するs on clean governance, which banned "extravagant eating and drinking", "妥当でない 性の 関係s" and "playing ゴルフ", would help change perceptions of the game in 中国.
"It was an incredibly 肯定的な 決定／判定勝ち（する）, an incredibly 肯定的な move by the Chinese 政府 and one that was incredibly supportive of the game," Pelley told AFP on the sidelines of the HSBC ゴルフ 商売／仕事 会議 in Shanghai.
The 判決，裁定 共産主義者 Party has long had an ambivalent 関係 with ゴルフ, which has been a lucrative 適切な時期 for 地元の 当局 and a favoured pastime of some 公式の／役人s ?Dale de la Rey (AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
The 判決，裁定 共産主義者 Party has long had an ambivalent 関係 with ゴルフ, which has been a lucrative 適切な時期 for 地元の 当局 and a favoured pastime of some 公式の／役人s, but is also closely associated with wealth and Western エリートs.
Pelley believes the 最新の 告示 簡単に 増強するd the belief that ゴルフ is a game for working people and not a 保存する of the 豊富な エリート.
"Eighty パーセント of the working class in 中国 is who that 告示 was 的d to and who 現実に want to 参加する in the game of ゴルフ," said Pelley, who has been the European 小旅行する's CEO for just 10 weeks since taking over from George O'Grady.
- Asia's 可能性のある -
Pelley 認める the 告示 had 最初 taken him by surprise, with the European 小旅行する 持つ／拘留するing two of its "Final Four" series in 中国 this week and next with the WGC-HSBC 支持する／優勝者s and the BMW Masters both in Shanghai.
"When the 告示 （機の）カム out I went, 'Oh, my word. What is this?'," said Pelley.
"But within about an hour we heard from our people on the ground here that this will be seen from the people of 中国 as a support to the game of ゴルフ."
Pelley 追加するd that there had been no 減産／沈滞 in the building of new courses, にもかかわらず 広範囲にわたって publicised 終結s of 66 不法に built 施設s in March this year as part of 大統領 Xi Jinping's anti-汚職 運動.
"They're committed to building 5,000 ゴルフ courses here for the public," Pelley 追加するd of the 広大な country that 現在／一般に has around 600 ゴルフ courses. A １０年間 ago there were より小数の than 100.
"If you catapult ahead in five to 10 years we will be having a 完全に different 対話 about ゴルフ in 中国. Asia has 重要な 可能性のある to grow and 中国 will be a 重要な part of the 未来 of the game."
マイク Whan, CEO of the Ladies PGA 小旅行する (LPGA), said the 告示 had not stopped Chinese 商売／仕事s coming 今後 to get 伴う／関わるd in ゴルフ.
"From our point of 見解（をとる）, since the news （機の）カム out we've had two more 肩書を与える sponsor prospects surface (in 中国)," said the 長，率いる of a 小旅行する that already 行う／開催する／段階s seven events a season in Asia, with one in 中国.
"I don't think it is going to 妨げる the 利益／興味 of Chinese 会社／団体s who want to use ゴルフ from a 商売／仕事 視野 and showcase their country."
