Kyrgyzstan restaurant owner shares stage with China teen star Ye Wocheng in Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
One is a 51-year-old restaurant owner from a country with less than 100 golfers, the other is a 15-year-old phenom who became the youngest player to tee up in a European Tour event.
Their paths to the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) could hardly be more different, but Kyrgyzstan's Aidarali Asanov and China's Ye Wocheng share a common bond: a love of golf.
There are no coaches - everyone who plays is self-taught, so you see a lot of hacker swings,
Central Asian nation Kyrgyzstan has just one nine-hole course and even fewer golf instructors. With his single-figure handicap, Asanov is comfortably the country's best player.
"There are no coaches - everyone who plays is self-taught, so you see a lot of hacker swings," says Asanov, who is making his second AAC appearance after playing in the 2011 edition in Singapore.
"There are around 30 locals who play. If you include expats, there are maybe 70 golfers in Kyrgyzstan," he said.