The China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Index released last weekend rose to 13-month high of 50.4 in November.

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Rose, who got married at the weekend, has not been back to the Masters since he led at halfway in 2004 before crashing to a third-round 81.

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Meantime, fresh economic data from China was downbeat, as weekend figures showed the inflation rate rose to 3.2% in February from 2.0% in January, on an annualized basis.

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