Ishikawa wins sportsman award
Teen golfing sensation crowned top athlete for second straight year, accepts award from Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
Patrick Johnston
Published on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 08:11PM EST
Record-breaking teenager Ryo Ishikawa won the Japan Professional Sports Award for the second year running on Friday.
The 18-year-old, who became Japan's youngest order of merit winner in 2009, accepted the award from Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in a Christmas visit to the PM's office.
The multi-millionaire schoolboy, who is already one of Japan's biggest celebrities, was the award's youngest recipient last year.
Ishikawa, who won four JGTO Tour titles this year and made his major debut, presented Hatoyama with a putter and gave the PM some tips after becoming the sixth back-to-back winner of the prestigious Japanese sports award.
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