When he turned professional just over a year ago, Ryo Ishikawa listed winning the U.S. Masters as one of his goals in life. Now the 17-year-old high school student will get his first chance.
Ishikawa received a special invitation from Augusta National on Thursday, putting the teenager in line to become the second-youngest player to compete in the Masters, which will be held April 9-12.
"I got the call last night," Ishikawa told a news conference Friday. "Of course everything was in English and I couldn't understand it well. But I could understand 'Masters' and 'invitation' and that's when I knew what was happening."