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.

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 ...

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 ...

(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.

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 finished second at the Puerto Rico Open on Sunday and observed a moment of silence on the first tee. (Getty Images) On Sunday at the Puerto Rico Open, the other PGA Tour event going ...

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 the newest member of the young gun club taking over the PGA Tour. (Getty) ORLANDO, Fla. -- Ryo Ishikawa is making his fourth PGA Tour start of the season this week at the Arnold ...

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 ...

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.

Japanese phenom Ryo Ishikawa has signed a multiyear contract with Callaway Golf, it was announced Thursday at a ceremony at Narita International Airport outside Tokyo. After the ceremony, the 21 ...