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--> --> Tiger loses by a stroke in exhibition to sell China on golfing SHENZHEN, China (AP) - Tiger Woods pulled at his cap and gazed down the fairway toward the mountains. The ceremonial Cantonese dragon was hardly hidden: All 300 feet of it were dancing quite obtrusively around the first tee. This sort of odd mix is bound to happen when you bring China and golf together - and add the world's best and most famous player to the mix. On a course in the mountains outside China's vaunted Special Economic Zone city of Shenzhen on Saturday, there was "Taige Wuzi," or simply "Lao Hu" (old Tiger), making his first trip to China. Woods conducted a teaching clinic with children and played an exhibition round - and didn't win. The surprise winner - one stroke better than Woods - was 29-year-old Chen Yuan-chi, a pro from Taipei, Taiwan. He was not in Woods' foursome, but in the first group to tee off, 45 minutes earlier. "So maybe I wasn't as nervous as my three counterparts," Chen said. "And maybe there was a little bit of luck." If Woods isn't yet a phenomenon in China, as many insist, he will be shortly; the PR machine is in full gear. More than five busloads of reporters - nearly all Chinese - were brought in to tell the country about the exhibition event. Throngs of Chinese tromped across the course to pursue Woods, their cameras and camcorders and children thrust into the air. Email your... Technical questions & comments to: WebMaster Daily Tidings editorial comments & questions to: Editor Visit our other Oregon Newspapers... | Albany Democrat-Herald | Ashland Daily Tidings | Corvallis Gazette-Times | | Lebanon Express | Newport News-Times | Springfield News | Cottage Grove Sentinel | Ashland Daily Tidings 1661 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, OR 97520 Telephone 541-482-3456 © Copyright 2001 Lee Northwest Publishing