Golf: Miyazato cites dip in motivation for retiring at season's end

Golf: Miyazato cites dip in motivation for retiring at season's end

Ai Miyazato holds up her trophy in celebration as the youngest winner of the Japan Women's Open, her first major title in Japan, at the Totsuka Country Club in Yokohama in this photo taken in October 2005. The former women's world No. 1 golfer and nine-time winner on the U.S. LPGA Tour formally announced on May 29, 2017, her decision to retire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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