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Of Davos, Golf and the Imperative Shift to Sustainable Growth
I've been in the snowy Swiss village of Davos for the past several days... feeling like a bit of an interloper... as the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum takes place around me. It's been every bit as impressive... and just as quixotic.....
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Ryo Ishikawa Officially Comes of Age, Remains Ultra-Intense
© Golf Digest OnlineEarly this week Ryo Ishikawa officially "came of age". In Japan the second Monday of January is "Coming of Age Day", a special holiday day where those who've reached 20, the age of majority, are celebrated with festivities, c...
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Ryo Ishikawa – Words Worth Remembering for 2012
Ryo Ishikawa Photo: Khalid Redza /Asian Tour via Getty Images
If you read this blog even occasionally you probably know Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa is a favorite of ours. We love the quiet reserve that earned him the nickname "Bashful Prince" and the exhuberantly colorful sartorial style that had one writer calling him "The...
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Ryo Ishikawa – Words Worth Remembering for 2012
Ryo Ishikawa Photo: Khalid Redza /Asian Tour via Getty Images If you read this blog... even occasionally... you probably know that Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa is a favorite of ours.&nb...
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Ryo Ishikawa: Heading Down Under Alone After Weekend Ace
JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty ImagesThese are certainly some... interesting... times for Ryo Ishikawa.Over the weekend, the 20-year-old Japanese superstar recorded his second career hole-in-one and came tantalizingly close to defending his title at the Taiheiyo...
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Ryo Ishikawa: Heading Down Under Alone After Weekend Ace
These are certainly some... interesting... times for Ryo Ishikawa.
Over the weekend, the 20-year-old Japanese superstar recorded his second career hole-in-one and came tantalizingly close to defending his title at the Taiheiyo Masters golf champions...
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Ryo Romance has golf journos "exceeding social norms"
Ryo At the Canon Open, Oct 2011 • • • Photo by Sankei via Getty Images
At barely twenty, Ryo Ishikawa has already had more experience
with the press than most players ever will, and he's
often been praised for the grace with which he han...
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Ryo Romance has golf journos "exceeding social norms"
Photo by Sankei via Getty Images
He's barely twenty but Ryo Ishikawa has already had more experience
with journalists and photographers than most players ever will, and he's
been praised on numerous occasions for the way he handles the press on
a...
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Meet MiniKawa: Ryo Ishikawa’s Cute New Club Cover
Photo: Yoshihiro Iwamoto
If you happen to be in Nagoya Japan this week for the Coca Cola Tokai Classic, you may notice a cute little guy in blue tagging along behind superstar golfer Ryo Ishikawa.
Well that would be MiniKawa, latest addition to the...
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Presidents Cup – Top 10 Spots Set, Ryo Fans Rejoice
The automatics are in, with ten of the 12 spots on both the international and US teams set... and here they are. It's now up to the captains to make their two picks. In fact, US captain Fred Couples has already confirmed that one of his two will be Tiger Woods, leaving room for just...
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Ryo Ishikawa: Of Milestone Birthdays and Growing Pains
お誕生日おめでとうございます 石川 遼
Ryo Ishikawa, the Japanese teen we've been watching for almost five years is turning twenty.
When he first caught our attention almost five years ago. It was the summer of 2007 and "The Bashful Prince" was a newly minted fifteen-year-old pop culture icon, having recently become the youngest winner ever of a men's tournament...
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Ryo Ishikawa – Grace, Game & A Growing US Fanbase
Ryo Ishikawa - Bridgestone Invitational / Photo: AP
I was on my way out of Akron when I received the photo at left in a message from my Japanese friend, Noriko. With it she wrote:
"Ryo has played greatly ! Hope he plays well at the final round. I believe you like his cute smile below...
