Liang turns to yoga ahead of Turnberry

China's Liang Wenchong heads into this week's British Open armed with the self-belief that the ancient art of yoga can re-launch his stuttering season at Turnberry, Scotland.

After becoming the first mainland Chinese star to compete and play in all four rounds at the world's oldest major last year, Liang is anxiously looking forward to his second straight Open outing after a poor run of form.

His best finish on the Asian Tour was a tied-seventh at the Maybank Malaysian Open in February but he subsequently missed the cuts at the Johnnie Walker Classic and Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open and was forced to withdraw from the Ballantine's Championship due to illness.