Binhai regularly puts on Hollywood-style shows, complete with special effects, fireworks and actors dressed as renegade pirates.

BBC: Sleep tight on a former Soviet ship

The Chinese youngsters will be up against the likes of Europe's Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and Scotland's Ryder Cup player Paul Lawrie at the Binhai Lake course, but if Ye finds that youth is not quite a match for experience he has a secret weapon to hand.

CNN: Golfing prodigies: 12-year-old Ye set to make history