Beijing said the military operation, which took place in the wee hours, was a routine annual rotation.
Prior to UCLA, she played on the victorious 2013 USA Junior Solheim Cup and 2014 USA Junior Ryder Cup teams.
But pockets of protesters swiftly vowed to hold creative events at the scheduled time and place of the rally, including a mass shopping trip, football match and impromptu religious gatherings in downtown Hong Kong, while a YouTuber with 800,000 followers called a fan meeting.