Clearwater Bay Open: Hong Kong golf ace Motin Yeung shows off his playful side and his eye for photography

Hong Kong golfer Motin Yeung has a hidden talent. The PGA Tour-China professional is game to talk about his play on the links, but he is equally interested to show off some of the photos from his recent trip to Whitehorse, Canada, with his girlfriend, where he took some shots of the Northern Lights.

“It is so cold up there, it’s another world of cold,” he said. “It was a cold that I’ve never experienced before, that is for sure.”

He is eager to show off some of his favourite photography shots: a striking cityscape of Seattle at night, salt flats in Bolivia, drone footage he took in Slovakia and various portraits from around Cuba. His talent is obvious, he has an eye for photography. He eagerly climbs into a hole on a stairway behind the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club clubhouse, helping the South China Morning Post photographer get a better shot of him as his fellow tour members tease him as they pass. His personality is infectious, he is incredibly relaxed for a golfer, keen to share aspects of his life outside the links.

“I have a lot of hobbies but this one is probably my favourite,” he said of photography, noting he also considered learning to be a DJ as he loves EDM (electronic dance music). “My mom always had a camera with her growing up so I kind of took to it naturally.”