Woods Grouped With Ishikawa, Westwood
July 13, 2009 by Jeff Greenwell
Filed under Golf
The media throng that normally follows Tiger Woods around at any major tournament is expected to grow by mammoth proportions after it was announced that Japanese phenom Ryo Ishikawa will play in Woods’ group for the first two rounds of the British Open. Britain’s Lee Westwood, one of his homeland’s best players, rounds out the threesome.
Ryo Ishikawa (Image: Zuma Press)
Just 17 years old, Ishikawa won last month’s Mizuno Open to secure his spot at Turnberry. He will have his usual gaggle of Japanese media following him to the Open, and it would not be surprising if the Japanese media turnout is equal to, or even greater than, the media following Tiger.
Ishikawa gained fame as the youngest player to win on the Japanese tour, after winning the Munsingwear Open at just 15 years of age. His invite to this year’s Masters made him the second youngest player ever to compete in the historic tournament.
Two time defending champion Padraig Harrington will be competing in a group with American Jim Furyk and Australian Geoff Ogilvy.
