HONOLULU – Ryo Ishikawa and Hideki Matsuyama are separated by five months on earth, and five years in professional golf. The two biggest golfing stars are members of the PGA Tour this year. They ...

MARANA, AZ - FEBRUARY 23: Ryo Ishikawa of Japan looks on from the second hole during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club on February 23, 2011 in ...

(Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) American golf fans can expect to see more of Ryo Ishikawa on the PGA Tour. ... Ishikawa earned enough money to garner special temporary membership on the Tour.

Ryo Ishikawa, once golf’s next big thing, ... He had won on the Japanese tour as an amateur at 15 and was the Japanese tour’s leading money winner in 2009 — the year he turned 18.

Ishikawa will play in his third Masters next week. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Ryo Ishikawa first made people take notice because of his golf. He won his first Japan Golf Tour event as a 15-year ...

Ryo Ishikawa already has established himself as a bona fide star on the Japan Golf Tour and at 18 already has become its most influential player, which may be why it makes sense that he ...

Ryo Ishikawa concluded the Japan Golf Tour season as its leading money winner ($2 million) to become at 18 the youngest player ever to lead a major tour in earnings. Seve Ballesteros was 19 when ...

Ryo Ishikawa is soaking up lessons on the PGA Tour. ... Ryo Ishikawa is soaking up lessons on the PGA Tour. The 20-year-old is facing up to his weaknesses and trying to turn them into positives. Skip ...

Ryo Ishikawa seeking to be ... been more than two years since Ishikawa burst onto the world golf stage when he shot a final-round 58 to win a Japan Golf Tour ... Harry How/Getty Images) Share ...

MARANA, AZ - MARCH 1: Paul Casey of England plays his approach shot on the eighth hole during the final round of Accenture Match Play Championships at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain March ...

Japanese star Ryo Ishikawa has decided to take special temporary membership on the PGA Tour, which allows him to accept as many sponsor exemptions as he wants for the rest of the 2012 season.