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November 10, 2005
Ai Miyazato to follow Wie lead... but in Japan
A few months ago, I wrote about 20-year-old Ai Miyazato, an up and coming Japanese golf superstar known as her country's Tiger Woods.
According to press reports, it now looks like tiny Ai is taking a page out of Michelle Wie's playbook and joining the men on the Japanese men's tour.
World Cup hero Ai Miyazato, who has revived women's golf in Japan as a spectator sport, may save the men's game as well by waging a rare battle of the sexes at home.
The 20 year old will become the first Japanese woman to compete on the country's premier men's golf tour at the Asia-Japan-Okinawa Open from December 15-18 on her native subtropical island of Okinawa.
"To be honest, I was taken by surprise when I was invited to play on the men's tour and I still feel a bit puzzled," said Miyazato, who partnered senior teammate Rui Kitada to victory in the inaugural World Cup over The Links at Fancourt in February. - The Star
Read: Ai! Supergirl Miyazato to take on the men [The Star]
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