Ryo Ishikawa has taken up special temporary
membership on the PGA Tour for the remainder
of the 2011 season. That means he may accept
unlimited sponsor’s exemptions for the rest of
the year.
The 19-year-old from Japan has played in
10 PGA Tour events this year and has earned
$577,136 – the bulk of that coming two weeks
ago at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational where
he tied for fourth. Ishikawa earned $473,136 at
Firestone.
Because his earnings are greater than the
player who finished No. 150 on the money list a
year ago, Ishikawa became eligible for the temporary membership.
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While Woods might never return to the top of
the world golf rankings, at least the former star
has earned a No. 1 ranking in something. Despite a net worth of $500 million, he has been
voted the worst celebrity tipper in America.
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Nick Faldo on Friday took another step
toward bringing an ambitious and controversial
plan to fruition by convincing course architect
Tom Fazio to consider joining his attempt to
build the 2016 Olympics course in Rio de
Janeiro, and to use the game’s biggest names
in the design.
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New Zealand teen sensation Lydia Ko, the
No. 1-ranked female amateur in the world at
just age 14, will have minor surgery on her
wrist in the coming weeks after returning from
a disappointing campaign at the U.S. Amateur
two weeks ago.
Kraig Kann, one of Golf
Channel’s original on-air
personalities, is leaving
the network to become the
LPGA’s chief communications officer.
Kann will begin his post
Aug. 29.
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Kraig Kann
Mike Weir’s season has ended because
of elbow surgery. The Canadian left-hander
underwent surgery Thursday by Dr. James Andrews to repair a torn tendon in his right elbow.
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The Advertising Standards Authority has
banned a TV commercial by Optical Express
featuring two-time British Open winner
Padraig Harrington for misleading consumers into
thinking his game had benefited from laser
eye surgery, when he had never undergone the
procedure with the company.
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The odds of making two aces in the same
round are nestled somewhere between being
struck by lightning and winning a single state
lottery. John Montross, of Reno, Nev., defied
those odds.
“FIVE YARDS CAN MEAN MAKING THE CUT, MISSING THE CUT, OR WINNING TOURNAMENTS.”
Joe Pyland — PGA Tour Caddy for Boo Weekley
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