Japanese phenom Ishikawa, Scott in Presidents Cup
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LEMONT, Ill. — Ryo Ishikawa is known in Japan as the “Shy Prince,” a 17-year-old sensation who has won four times on the Japan Golf Tour in the last calendar year. He was hardly bashful during a meeting this summer of prospective Presidents Cup players.
“He was engaged, he walked around the entire room, introduced himself to everybody, made sure everybody understood that he wanted to be on the team,” International captain Greg Norman said.
Norman was so impressed that he added Ishikawa to his team as a captain’s pick for the Presidents Cup on Tuesday, making the Japanese teen the youngest player ever in these matches.
The Presidents Cup will be played Oct. 8-11 at Harding Park in San Francisco.
The big surprise was Norman’s second pick — Adam Scott — who has endured the worst season of his career.
Scott, No. 3 in the world a year ago in July, has plunged to No. 53 and barely qualified for the FedEx Cup playoffs. He was eliminated in the first round, and conceded he probably would be left off the team. Scott even planned surgery for a cyst behind his knee.
“At the end of the day, he’s got the playing skills… what he can bring to the locker-room, the support he gives to other players, the connection and the experience that he’s had playing on the Presidents Cup team,” Norman said. “He was really a logical choice.”
— The Associated Press
