Chinese golfer Feng Shanshan won the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Championship on June 11 to become the first Chinese player to win an LPGA Tour title and a major event, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory.

Born in 1989, Feng started playing golf at an early age. She has invested all her spare time in training. She joined the Guangdong Youth Team at the age of 10 and took part in international youth competitions at 14. She won the China Women's Amateur title when she was 15. She started her career as a professional player in 2008 when she became the first registered player of the China Golf Association to join the LPGA tour. So far, she has ranked among the top 10 of all kinds of competitions for 17 times and won a prize money of nearly $2 million.

The championship really goes beyond Feng's expectations. "I still cannot believe that I have won a major," said Feng.

Many foreign media compared Feng's victory with that of Chinese tennis player Li Na at the French Open. BBC even predicted that China's golf players would amount to 20 million in 2020 boosted by Feng's success.

"I hope this will help the development of this sport in China," Feng said.