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15 Facts About Ryo Ishikawa

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Ryo Ishikawa, known by the nickname "Hanikami Oji", is a Japanese professional golfer.

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On 20 May 2007, Ishikawa became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour by winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age 15 years and 8 months.

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Ryo Ishikawa competed as an amateur and it was Ishikawa's first tour appearance.

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Ryo Ishikawa finished one shot ahead of Japan's 9th top ranked player at the time, Katsumasa Miyamoto.

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Ryo Ishikawa turned professional in 2008 and won another Japan Golf Tour tournament, the mynavi ABC Championship.

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Ryo Ishikawa played in PGA Tour tournaments for the first time in 2009.

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Ryo Ishikawa was cut from the Northern Trust Open, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the 2009 Masters Tournament.

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On 28 June 2009, Ryo Ishikawa won the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic on the Japan Golf Tour to qualify for the 2009 Open Championship, the first major event he qualified for without receiving a special exemption.

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Ryo Ishikawa dominated the Japan Golf Tour for much of the 2009 season and has been the top-ranked Japanese player in the World Rankings.

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Ryo Ishikawa finished the season as the money list leader on the Japan Golf Tour with ¥183.

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11.

Ryo Ishikawa caught the attention of American golf fans at the 2010 US Open.

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12.

On 30 March 2011 Ryo Ishikawa announced that he will be donating all of his 2011 tour earnings, plus an additional ¥100,000 for every birdie he makes during the year, to the Japan earthquake relief efforts.

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13.

On 11 March 2012, the one-year anniversary of the Japan earthquake, Ryo Ishikawa finished runner-up to George McNeill in the Puerto Rico Open, his highest PGA Tour finish thus far.

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Ryo Ishikawa made 13 cuts in 23 events, finishing 149th on the money list and missing the FedEx Cup playoffs.

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Ryo Ishikawa got nine top-25s and made 14 cuts during the 2014 season, including a second-place finish at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and a T-5 at the unofficial ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf.

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