Ai Miyazato

Ai Miyazato and Mika Miyazato fell in the first round at the Sybase Match Play Championship on Thursday. Columbia's Mariajo Uribe defeated fourth seed Ai Miyazato 2-up, while Mika Miyazato, the 23rd seed, fell 1-up to Natalie Gulbis of the United States, who is seeded 42nd.  

Ai Miyazato has confirmed her participation for the ShopRite LPGA Classic, slated to be played from June 1-3, at the famous Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club. Miyazato is a star performer, as she won the LPGA Lotte Championship, held in April this year.  

GLADSTONE, N.J., May 17 (UPI) -- Jodi Ewart turned in one of the upsets on the first day of the Sybase Match Play Championship Thursday, eliminating defending champ Suzann Pettersen. Ai Miyazato, Paula Creamer and Brittany Lincicome, all of whom ...  

No. 20 seed Wie was knocked out by No. 45 Mina Harigae, 3 and 2. Yani Tseng, Na Yeon Choi and Cristie Kerr, the world's Nos. 1, 2 and 5 players, barely advanced to the second round, while the day ended with No. 4 ranked Ai Miyazato of Japan being surprised ...  

Ai Miyazato had a 10-under total of 206, three shots in front of American Cristie Kerr and Spain's Azahara Munoz. (AFP Photo) KAPOLEI: Japan's Ai Miyazato defied difficult, windy conditions to post a two-under 70 on Friday and take a three-shot ...  

AFPJapan's Ai Miyazato wins 8th LPGA Tour title, pulling away in Hawaii for 4 ...Washington PostKAPOLEI, Hawaii — Japan's Ai Miyazato won the LPGA LOTTE Championship on Saturday for her eighth career LPGA Tour title, birdieing three of the last six holes for a 2-under 70 and a four-stroke victory. Miyazato finished at 12-under 276 at wind-swept ...Ai Miyazato wins her eighth LPGA title at LOTTE ChampionshipUSA TODAYAi Miyazato wins LPGA Tour...  

Japan's Ai Miyazato birdied three of her last six holes en route to a two-under 70 and a four-stroke victory in the inaugural LPGA Lotte Championship. Miyazato claimed the eighth LPGA title of her career with a 12-under total of 276. She had taken a three ...  

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 23 (UPI) -- Ai Miyazato posted her first LPGA victory of the year and moved up three spots to No. 5 in the world women's golf rankings. Miyazato was a four-stroke winner at the LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii over ...  

KAPOLEI, Hawaii -- Spain's Azahara Munoz shot an 8-under 64 in blustery conditions Thursday for a share of the second-round lead with Japan's Ai Miyazato in the LPGA LOTTE Championship. Munoz, winless on the LPGA Tour, holed out from 102 yards ...  

It was a further stroke back to South Korea's So Yeon Ryu (71) and American Cristie Kerr (72) on 281. Tseng, winner of three titles this year, carded a 74 that left her tied for 10th on four-under – her seventh straight top-10 finish this year.  

The 5-foot-2 Japanese star won the LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented by J Golf last week in Hawaii, giving her eight career wins on the LPGA, all compacted into the last four years. She is known for her deliberate swing tempo and excellent short game ...  

Munoz and Miyazato will have a loaded field chasing them Friday. The top four players in the world -- Tseng, Na Yeon Choi, Pettersen and Kerr -- made the cut, while other standouts are within striking distance. Paula Creamer (67), Inbee Park (70), Jiyai ...  

Kerr shot a 71, and Munoz had a 73. Yani Tseng, the top-ranked Taiwanese star who has won three of first six events of the year, was 6 under along with U.S. Open champion So Yeon Ryu, Jiyai Shin, Meena Lee and Angela Stanford. Tseng and Ryu shot ...  

Spain's Azahara Munoz shot an 8-under 64 in blustery conditions Thursday for a share of the second-round lead with Ai Miyazato in the LPGA Lotte Championship. Munoz, winless on the LPGA Tour, holed out from 102 yards for eagle on the par-4 sixth hole and had eight birdies — four on the last five holes — and a bogey on the Ko Olina course. Miyazato, a seven-time winner on the tour, had a bogey-free 65 to match Munoz at 8 under.  

KAPOLEI - Japan's Ai Miyazato shot a bogey-free 65 to grab a share of the lead at the LPGA's LOTTE Championship on Thursday while local favourite Michelle Wie failed to make the cut. Miyazato, a seven-time winner on the LPGA Tour, needed just 25 putts in ...