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AI MIYAZATO
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| HEIGHT: 5'2"
BIRTH PLACE: Japan TOUR STATUS: Priority List Category: 1 ROOKIE YEAR: 2006 ROLEX RANKINGS: 8 (2/8/2010) |
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FUN FACTS
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| What is your favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni. |
What is the craziest thing a fan has requested of you? If I could marry him. |
| Name one thing you always keep stocked in your refrigerator? Bottled water. |
If calories and fat grams didn't exist or matter, what dessert would you eat every day? Donuts. |
- In 2009, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Evian Masters Presented by Societe Generale, where she defeated
Sophie Gustafson in a one-hole, sudden-death playoff.
- Finished second at the Samsung World Championship and tied for
second at the CN Canadian Women's Open
- Tied for third at the RICOH Women's British Open, tying her career-best
finish at a major championship
- Other top-10 finishes include a tie for fourth at the Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-
Cola
- Ties for fifth at the season-opening SBS Open at Turtle Bay and LPGA Corning Classic
- Ties for sixth at the
LPGA State Farm Classic, where she crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings, and the U.S. Women's Open
- A tie for eighth at the LPGA Tour Championship Presented by Rolex; a tie for ninth at the J Golf Phoenix LPGA International Presented by Mirrasou Winery and a ninth-place finish at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, and a tie for 10th at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons, where she crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings.
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SEASON OVERVIEW
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| STARTS: 22 | VICTORIES: 1 |
| TOP 10 FINISHES: 13 | EARNINGS: $1,517,149 |
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SEASON STATCENTER
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| ROUNDS UNDER PAR: 57/83 (2) | DRIVING ACCURACY: 0.757 (18) |
| BIRDIES: 324 (8) | SAND SAVES: 31/61 (9) |
| EAGLES: 5 (T21) | PUTTS PER GREEN: 1.76 (T5) |
| GIR: 0.716 (13) | DRIVING AVERAGE: 254.3 (T46) |
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VIDEOS
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| Surviving the tournament's third sudden-death playoff in as many years, Ai Miyazato became the second Rolex First-Time Winner at the Evian Masters Presented by Société Générale in three years. | Catch the highlights from the 2009 Samsung World Championship and the battle between Na Yeon Choi and Ai Miyazato to the bitter end. |
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