Nicholas Benavides aiming to banish first-season blues with city champions, as club and player appear to agree pact.

If Hong Kong was astonished, foreigners were more so (it is often true that on any given night the majority of the guests at the China Club are anything but Chinese).

Item 1 of 2 Miguel Angel Jimenez from Spain hits a shot on the 18th fairway during the final day of the Hong Kong Open Championship at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Hong Kong, China November 18, 2012.

On an autumn afternoon at the Hong Kong Golf Club, hundreds of dogs ... in which they will have more decent housing,” Mr. Xi said on the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China in July.