Mr Ishikawa's spheres, by contrast, can be wafted along tubes on a cushion of gas.

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Quail Hollow champion Rickie Fowler also shot 69 to be third on five-under 211, one ahead of Woods, while Japan's Ryo Ishikawa was tied for fifth on 213 with Sweden's Henrik Stenson and American Jonathan Byrd.

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Justin "golf gives me a mental release" Timberlake has done his bit here and sites like OriginalPenguin.com and TrendyGolf.com are certainly the way forward, but Japan's Ryo Ishikawa (sponsored by Yonex) is shaping up to be golf's first proper style icon.

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Japan's Ryo Ishikawa previously held the record when he won on the Japan Tour in 2007, aged 15.

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Elsewhere in the foursomes, Tiger Woods and partner Steve Stricker beat Australian Geoff Ogilvy and Japan's Ryo Ishikawa six and four.

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Oku-noto no Aenokoto is an agricultural ritual transmitted from generation to generation by the rice farmers of the Noto Peninsula, which projects from Ishikawa prefecture in the centre of Japan s main island, Honshu.

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England's Poulter, who was one of the early starters to benefit from a lighter breeze and smoother greens on the fast-running course, shared a tie for fourth with Spanish debutant Rafael Cabrera-Bello, South Korea's KJ Choi, Canada's 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir, Germany's Alex Cejka and Japanese 18-year-old Ryo Ishikawa.

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With today's enormous purses on Tour, and younger, more fully developed players like Rory McIlroy and Ryo Ishikawa arriving from around the world, DiMarco said that going forward, fewer players might play as long as he and Kelly.

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