The Japanese sensation Ryo Ishikawa made a very nice tribute to Japan’s earthquake relief fund for the rest of the current PGA season. The 19-year old is from one of the hardest hit areas in Japan, and while his family was all in the states when the quake struck that doesn’t mean he has forgotten about his countrymen. He said today at a Masters interview that he’d be donating all his tour earnings to the relief of his country. Last year he made a little over $2M, and showed that he will be a force in the near future once he gains a little more experience. I think this generous donation will make me lay off on the jokes when I see him. He usually wears some of the ugliest clothes around, but maybe that’s Yonex’s fault for making those clothes…
If you couldn’t tell, last year I was a huge Dustin Johnson fan, and pretty much rooted for him to win any event that he was in. I’m not abandoning my boy DJ, but with the selfless act that Ryo has decided to put forth, I can’t help but start rooting for the guy to win every tournament or at least make a lot of top tens. I’ve never had a million dollar earnings year, but at the age of 19 I don’t think I’d be able to give it up like he is. To go along with his nice gesture he’s also donating $1,200 per birdie to charity, which will be a very nice chunk of change by the time the year is over considering he gets a few per round. Rarely do I write about things that are good in sports, and this is clearly one that should garner more attention than it does in the national media.
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April 5th, 2011 at 7:18 am
chappy
Ryo Ishilkawa has what it takes to go all the way ! And what he’s doing by way of donating his prize money is way more than commendable ! I hope he performs well in The Masters !
I’m watching the Women’s Finals tonight to see if I can regain consciousness because last night’s game almost put me to sleep ! And that’s even though I had the mute button on . I’ve had colo-rectal examinations that provided more excitement !
tophatal …………………….
April 6th, 2011 at 9:18 am
I didn’t really see a lot of either of the finals, but did watch the first half of the mens and it was ugly.
It was a good tournament either way though!
April 6th, 2011 at 10:47 am
chappy
Over all it was a good tournament and take nothing away from the so called teams that analysts out there deem as being from the mid majors ! I think that they provide even more of an interest than the top tiered teams to my mind !
tophatal ……………….
April 5th, 2011 at 11:13 am
That’s monies clearly better spent than Tiger plopping down millions of dollars on motel rooms, happy hour cocktails and skanks.
April 6th, 2011 at 9:22 am
Did you see that article in the Huffington Post that was saying each one of his girls cost him close to a million dollars!?!
April 6th, 2011 at 9:24 am
Drop in the bucket, man.
Elin cost him a helluva lot more than that.
April 6th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Chris Humpherys
Take into account the money he also lost with sponsors dropping Woods and you could say he’s hurting somewhat but nowhere near enough where he won’t still plonk down money on his new female friend .
I hear she’s not quite jail bait but close enough ?
tophatal ……………
April 5th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
chappy
Has there been a sighting of Tiger Woods or is he actually on tour with Charlie Sheen as one of his roadies ?
tophatal …………….
August 10th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
[…] 2nd at the US Open only showed us a tip of the proverbial iceberg of his talent. There’s one main reason to root for him though, and it’s because he’s giving all his earnings this year to the Japan relief. KJ […]