"We are not trying to fight the government, trying to fight the oil companies, no -- we are trying to repair what has been damaged, " adds Amata.

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Guan will be playing at the U.S.Masters after winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship last year on the same Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand where the qualifying is taking place.

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