Despite the tragic updates emerging daily from Sichuan, with her parents and sister’s family forced to live in a tent following damage to their home, Yang went on to make the cut and eventually finish joint 19th in the Shanghai Championship.

　　However, Yang does want to tempt fate by aiming to improve on her Shanghai surprise as she believes the 7,335-yard, Mark Hollinger-designed layout at Luxehills could expose her lack of length compared to her male colleagues.

　　“I played well in Shanghai, but it helped that the course wasn’t too long. However, Luxehills is 7,335 yards, so it’s really long for me,” said Yang, who finished runner-up four times in last year’s five-leg Orient Ladies Masters series.

　　“There are over 100 bunkers, many around the greens, so approach shots will be more difficult. I’ll have to lay up, chip and putt instead of approaching with three-wood or a long iron. Considering all this, my goal is just to make the cut and I’ll be very satisfied if I can do that.”

　　Yang relishes a challenge and is currently preparing for the Japan LPGA Tour first qualifying tournament from August 20-22 and a 36-hole, one-day event in Xinjiang on August 29 before heading to Chengdu.

　　At the end of last month, she went up against the world’s best female players – Lorena Ochoa included – in the US$3.1 million Evian Masters, missing the cut after rounds of 80 and 79.