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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...
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Ryo Ishikawa Serves Snow Cones and Lifts Spirits
What could be better on a hot, humid day than a good old fashioned snow cone?
A snow cone prepared by Ryo Ishikawa perhaps.
Earlier this week in Japan's Miyage Prefecture... where many have been living in shelters since the disastrous earthquake and tsunami... the "Bashful Prince" and several other JGTO players, served shaved ice topped...
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Ryo Ishikawa Serves Snow Cones and Lifts Spirits
What could be better on a hot, humid day than a good old fashioned snow cone?
A snow cone prepared by Ryo Ishikawa perhaps.
Earlier this week in Japan's Miyage Prefecture... where many have been living in shelters since the disastrous earthquake and tsunami... the "Bashful Prince" and other JGTO players, served shaved ice topped with...
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Tiger’s Beard, Ryo’s "Makiroi" & Golf Guy Grooming
Tiger Woods, photo:Getty Images / / / / / / / / / Ryo Ishikawa, Photo: スポニチ
The Tiger Woods facial hair story is a couple of days old now, and while it's never officially trended on Twitter, it has generated... and continues to generate....
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Ryo Ishikawa Poised to Pounce at the Mizuno Open
撮影：岩井康博 / Photo: Yasuhiro Iwa
Upon his return to Japan last week... after a T30 finish at the US Open... Ryo Ishikawa spoke with characteristic humility, admitting, "I came to painfully realize just how big of a gap there is between me and the rest of the world"
The Japanese golf star... like golfers, golf journalist and golf fans...
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2011 US Open – Ryo Ishikawa, Bubblegum Flatbiller
June 14, 2011 - Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images North America2011-06-14 16:00:00
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Ishikawa Incident Illustrates Cultural Dichotomy
Photo: AFP/File, Yoshikazu Tsuno
Ryo Ishikawa, one of our favorite golfers, recently had an issue with his driving. It didn't happen on the golf course, and it has nothing to do with distance, in fact, at the 2011 Masters the Japanese superstar was r...
