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RYO ISHIKAWA
JAPAN
Height:
5 ft, 9 in
Weight:
155 lbs
Birthday:
09/17/1991
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| INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES | |
| (11): 2007 Munsingwear Open KSB Cup [Jpn]. 2008 Kansai Open, Mynavi ABC Championship [Jpn]. 2009 The Royal Trophy [Jpn, team], Mizuno Open [Jpn], Sun Chlorella Open [Jpn], Fujisankei Classic [Jpn], Tokai Classic [Jpn]. 2010 The Crowns [Jpn], Fujisankei Classic [Jpn], Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters [Jpn]. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | () |
| $501,231 | |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 2-- Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 67 at Round 2, Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights | |
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Finished a TOUR, career-best second at the Puerto Rico Open with rounds of 70-67-69-68 in his 31st career PGA TOUR start. Previous-best finish on TOUR was T4 at the 2011 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and earned enough money to qualify for Special Temporary Membership. Received a special invitation to play in the Masters Tournament, where he missed the cut. A week later, at the Token Homemate Cup on the Japan Golf Tour, he T10. |
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| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 2-- Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com. | |
| 2011 Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| T4-- World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--10; in money--5; Top 10 finishes--1 | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: In March, he pledged to donate all of his season earnings to help the survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's Pacific coast. He also donated $1,200 for every birdie he made. Finished the Japan Golf Tour season ranked sixth on the order of merit. He finished T4 at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. It was his best finish in seven starts in a World Golf Championships event and his best finish in 25 PGA TOUR starts. Was trying to become the second-youngest winner in PGA TOUR history, exactly one week older than Johnny McDermott was when he won the 1911 U.S. Open at the age of 19 years, 10 months, 14 days. Only three Japanese players have ever won on TOUR: Ryuiji Imada, Shigeki Maruyama (three) and Isao Aoki. Picked up first of two runner-up performances on the Japan Golf Tour, at the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open and the Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup. Shot a final-round 64 to move from sixth to a playoff with Masanori Kobayashi, an extra session he lost at the Hamamatsu Open…At the Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup, shot four under-par rounds but still finished a distant four strokes behind Kyung-Tae Kim. Also added a T3 at the Gate Way to The Open Mizuno Open and a solo third at the Token Homemate Cup. In August, he was T2 at the Vana H Cup KBC Augusta, falling to Sang-Bae Moon by two strokes. Added his final top-five of the year, a T5 at the Fujisankei Classic. The youngest player on either Presidents Cup squad, he posted a 2-2-0 record for International team, including a singles victory over Dustin Johnson. In early December, began the final round of the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup tied for the lead with Toru Taniguchi. He could only manage a 2-under 68 in the rain-shortened event to finish solo third, three strokes out of the Taniguchi-Fujita playoff. 2010: After waiting on site as an alternate in 2009, he made it into the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship field for the first time and finished T9, losing to Thongchai Jaidee in the third round. On May 2, shot a final-round, 12-under 58 to win The Crowns title on the Japan Golf Tour. The 58 was the lowest official score shot on a major professional tour. Trailing Shigeki Maruyama by six strokes entering the final round, birdied nine of the first 11 holes and Nos.14-16 at the 6,545-yard Nagoya GC in Togo, Japan, to win by five strokes. Finished with two pars for his eighth career Japan Golf Tour title. Added additional titles at The Crowns and the Fujisankei Classic later in the season and then capped his year with his third title, at the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters. Battled Austrlian Brendan Jones on the weekend, with both shooting identical 65-67s. Held off fellow countrymen Ryuji Imada and Toru Taniguchi for his 11th Japan Golf Tour title. 2009: Made a strong impression at home in Japan and worldwide, playing in six PGA TOUR events, on the International Team in The Presidents Cup and winning the Japan Golf Tour order of merit. Member of the winning Asian Team in the Royal Trophy in early January 2009. Scored one point in Asia's first victory over Europe by a score of 10-6. Halved four-ball match with teammate Toru Taniguchi vs. Europe's Soren Hansen and Paul Lawrie and halved singles match with Hansen. Teamed with Taniguchi to lose to Hansen and Lawrie in foursomes. Played in the first match each day. Invited to play in the PGA TOUR's Northern Trust Open on a Commissioner's Foreign Exemption and the Transitions Championship, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard and the Masters Tournament early in the year. Only made cut was a 71st-place finish at the Transitions Championship. Won the Mizuno Open on the Japan Golf Tour in late June. Held a three-stroke lead entering the final round, but made a 9 on the par-4 12th hole to fall into a tie before chipping in for eagle on the par-5 16th hole and going on to a three-stroke win. Missed the cut at the British Open after opening with a 68. Was paired with Tiger Woods for the first two rounds at Turnberry. In early August, won the Sun Chlorella Classic on the Japan Golf Tour, leading wire to wire and finishing with a birdie on the final hole to earn a one-stroke win over Brendan Jones. In mid-August, finished T56 at the PGA Championship for his first made cut in a major championship. In early September, fired a second-round 65 to take the lead and won the Fujisankei Classic by five strokes over Daisuke Maruyama. The victory, his third in six Japan Golf Tour events occurring over a 10-week period, kept him first in the Japan Golf Tour's Order of Merit. Also improved to 47th in the Official World Golf Ranking, becoming the youngest player to ever make the top 50. On Sept. 8, was named as a captain's pick for the International Team in The Presidents Cup, played in early October in San Francisco. The week before his Presidents Cup debut, birdied the last two holes to win the Tokai Classic on the Japan Golf Tour for a one-stroke victory over Takeshi Kajikawa. Shot a final-round, 3-under-par 69 for a four-day total of 14-under 274 for his fourth Japan Tour title of the year of moved to No. 43 in the world. Had a 3-2-0 record in The Presidents Cup, including a 2-and-1 singles victory over Kenny Perry. The week after The Presidents Cup, lost in a three-way playoff to Ryuichi Oda in the Japan Open. Moved to 35th in the world. Finished the season in first place in the Japan Golf Tour order of merit, becoming the youngest player to lead any tour in earnings during a season. 2008: Turned pro at age 16. In November, won his second Japan Golf Tour event at the Mynavi ABC Championship, beating Keiichiro Fukabori by one stroke. Made 24 starts on the Japan Golf Tour and posted seven top-10s, finishing fifth on the Japan Golf Tour order of merit and earning more than $1.1 million. Was the runner-up at the Japan Open and Dunlop Phoenix. Also won the Kansai Open, a non-Japan Golf Tour event, in August. By the close of the season, had become the youngest golfer to be ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Amateur: In May 2007, as a 15-year-old, won the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup on the Japan Golf Tour, making him the youngest winner of a Japanese men's event. Because of storm delays, shot 69-66 in Sunday's 36-hole finish. Was 15 years, 8 months as the winner, while Seve Ballesteros was age 20 years, 7 months when he won the 1977 Japan Open. Only teenager to win on Japan Golf Tour since the Tour formed in 1973. |
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| Personal | |
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Started playing golf at age 6 after being introduced to the game by his father. Was a member of the track team in junior high school. Nicknamed "Hanikami Oji," translated as "Bashful Prince," for his shy smile and polite demeanor. |
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| National Teams | |
| The Presidents Cup (2), 2009, 2011; The Royal Trophy (1), 2009. | |
