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Jin, 17, heads for USPGA Masters as Asia amateur cut short

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Jin Cheng of China plays a shot during the Dongfeng Nissan Cup, at the Foison Golf Club in Guangzhou, in December 2014

Hong Kong (AFP) - Third-round leader Jin Cheng won a place at the US Masters when a typhoon meant the cancellation of the final round of Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Hong Kong on Sunday.

The 17-year-old Chinese number one ranked amateur, who shot a course record eight-under 62 in the first round, won the title by one stroke as Typhoon Mujigae tore across the southwest China coast bringing gale-force winds, electrical storms and torrential rain to the exposed Clearwater Bay layout.