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Japanese teenager Ishikawa makes pro debut on losing note

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa shows frustration on his professional debut after missing an approach shot to the 8th hole in a 36-hole qualifying event for the British Open in Sydney on Feb. 5. He fell nine strokes short of breaking into the leading quartet guaranteed their places at Royal Birkdale on July 17-20.

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Canadian Open golf

OAKVILLE, Canada - Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama reacts after hitting an eagle on the 13th hole of the final round of the Canadian Open in Oakville on July 28, 2013. Matsuyama finished nine strokes under par in 16th place.

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Miyazato surges, 2 shots off pace at Fujitsu Ladies

CHIBA, Japan - U.S. tour rookie Ai Miyazato made a late charge on the back nine to shoot a 4-under-par 68, placing herself two strokes off co-leaders Jeon Mi Jung and Fuki Kido after the second round of the Fujitsu Ladies at Tokyu Seven Hundred Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 14.

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Takahashi rallies for Miyagi TV Cup victory

TOMIYA, Japan - Mihoko Takahashi beams with the cup in hands after claiming a two-stroke victory in the Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open at the Rainbow Hills Golf Club in Miyagi Prefecture on Sept. 29. on Sunday to claim a two-stroke victory in the 60 million yen event. Takahashi, teeing off for the final round two strokes back, carded four birdies against one bogey on the front nine to grab a two-stroke advantage and then made it stand for her second win of the season.

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Hattori wins Suntory Ladies Open

YOKAWA, Japan - Michiko Hattori wins the Suntory Ladies Open golf tournament June 10 at the Japan Memorial Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture. Hattori rallied with four birdies on the back nine to come from behind and snare the tournament by two strokes over Kayo Yamada.

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Golf: Ito-En Ladies in Japan

Japanese golfer Mone Inami hits off the eighth tee during the final round of the Ito-En Ladies at Great Island Club in the Chiba Prefecture town of Chonan, eastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2021. The 22-year-old won the tournament by nine strokes for her 10th career victory on the Japan LPGA Tour.

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Golf: Ito-En Ladies in Japan

Mone Inami putts on the seventh hole during the final round of the Ito-En Ladies golf tournament at Great Island Club in the Chiba Prefecture town of Chonan, eastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2021. The 22-year-old won the event by nine strokes for her 10th career victory on the Japan LPGA Tour.

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Miyazato surges, 2 shots off pace at Fujitsu Ladies

CHIBA, Japan - U.S. tour rookie Ai Miyazato made a late charge on the back nine to shoot a 4-under-par 68, placing herself two strokes off co-leaders Jeon Mi Jung and Fuki Kido after the second round of the Fujitsu Ladies at Tokyu Seven Hundred Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 14. (Kyodo)

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Japanese teenager Ishikawa makes pro debut on losing note

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa shows frustration on his professional debut after missing an approach shot to the 8th hole in a 36-hole qualifying event for the British Open in Sydney on Feb. 5. He fell nine strokes short of breaking into the leading quartet guaranteed their places at Royal Birkdale on July 17-20. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi rallies for Miyagi TV Cup victory

TOMIYA, Japan - Mihoko Takahashi beams with the cup in hands after claiming a two-stroke victory in the Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open at the Rainbow Hills Golf Club in Miyagi Prefecture on Sept. 29. on Sunday to claim a two-stroke victory in the 60 million yen event. Takahashi, teeing off for the final round two strokes back, carded four birdies against one bogey on the front nine to grab a two-stroke advantage and then made it stand for her second win of the season. (Kyodo)

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Missing passengers' kin demand salvaging sunken S. Korean ferry

A woman strokes a picture of her missing son at a press conference, held by bereaved families of the nine passengers who remain missing in the sinking in April 2014 of South Korean ferry Sewol, near the president's office in Seoul on March 17, 2015. They called for the ship to be lifted out of the southwestern waters ahead of the first anniversary of the incident, in which more than 300 people, mostly teenagers on a school excursion, died or remain missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishikawa shoots 4-under 66, sits 9 off lead at Wyndham C'ship

Ryo Ishikawa of Japan nails a birdie on the 13th hole during the third round of the season-ending Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 19, 2017. Ishikawa shot a 4-under-par 66 in the round but was able to narrow his distance from the lead by just one notch to nine strokes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishikawa shoots 4-under 66, sits 9 off lead at Wyndham C'ship

Ryo Ishikawa of Japan nails a birdie on the 18th hole during the third round of the season-ending Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 19, 2017. Ishikawa shot a 4-under-par 66 in the round but was able to narrow his distance from the lead by just one notch to nine strokes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Oyama 9 off pace in women's golf

Japan's Shiho Oyama (R) shakes hands with a competitor after playing in the second round of the women's golf tournament at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. Oyama shot an even-par 71 and sits nine strokes off the leader heading into the third round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hattori wins Suntory Ladies Open

YOKAWA, Japan - Michiko Hattori wins the Suntory Ladies Open golf tournament June 10 at the Japan Memorial Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture. Hattori rallied with four birdies on the back nine to come from behind and snare the tournament by two strokes over Kayo Yamada.