(Reuters) - As a long-term trailblazer for Chinese golf, Liang Wenchong would have expected to be a certain participant at next year's Rio de Janeiro Games when the sport makes its return to the Olympic fold.
However, the 37-year-old, winner of eight tournaments on major tours in Asia and Europe, faces a fight to grab one of the two spots on the Chinese team with the emergence of Wu Ashun and Li Haotong in the world's top 200.
The two have taken on the trailblazer mantle with Wu taking the European Tour's China Open in April and 20-year-old Li progressing to compete on the Web.