It certainly would not have been par for the course in Chairman Mao Zedong's time. The former Chinese leader is probably swinging in his grave at the very thought.
But the world's greatest living golfer, Tiger Woods, is coming to China in November, where it will cost $80,000 to play one hole of golf with the master.
The price-tag includes membership of the exclusive golf course in Mission Hills in Guangdong, south China, and an opportunity to play the world's No 1. The membership can be sold within six months without transfer fees.
As well as playing anyone who opens his or her chequebook, Woods will also take on three top Asian golfers on November 10th, and 72 other people at a professional-amateur event the following day .
The Mission Hills golf club has declined to say how much it is paying to bring in Woods, who will be making his first visit to China.
Golf has become popular in the country, thanks to its growing affluence. Since the country's first golf course was built 20 years ago, there are now 200 in China, with more planned.
In Guangdong, one of China's richest provinces, there are 60 golf clubs, up from just 10 in the early 1990s.
Playing golf is expensive in China, averaging $100 a round. But it is done in style, with a golf cart and caddies a routine part of the deal.
According to the Beijing office of the Japan-based Honma golf equipment shop, businessmen want to get exercise in a relaxed atmosphere.
While a spokesman admits it is out of reach for many Chinese, he said: "You don't have to be that rich. People's living standards have increased, and there's a developing market."
Some 70 per cent of Mission Hills' 3,800 members are from neighbouring Hong Kong, 20 per cent are mainland residents and 10 per cent are foreigners. Most are top-level business executives, who pay at least £60,000 a year to join.
"The sport is booming, and everyone is trying to pick it up," a club spokesman said. "I would say we're following the trend."
The Chinese capital, Beijing, and other major cities including Tianjin, Shanghai and Dalian, boast world-class golf courses.
Last summer 13 hectares of land in Hebei Province, near Beijing, held under contract by farmers for more than 30 years, were taken over for golf development. The farmers protested the illegal acquisition of their land, but police and bulldozers were sent in.