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Miyazato reaches superstar stature in Japan

Ai Miyazato stands only 5-feet-1 and she hasn’t won in 2½ years on the LPGA Tour, but back home in Japan she’s a big deal.
A really big deal.
In fact, just like Japanese baseball stars Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners and Hideki Matsui of the Yankees, she has appeared on a postage stamp.
Her face also [...]

NZ Golf champion set for key events in Japan

National amateur champion Dana Kim will represent New Zealand in a leading professional women’s golf tournament in Japan next month.
The Christchurch golfer will compete in the We Love Kobe Suntory Ladies Open at the Rokko International Golf Club on 12- 15 June, which is part of the Japan LPGA Tour, the second [...]