Golf sensation Ryo Ishikawa received a huge present on Christmas Day and flashed his signature bashful smile one last time before the end of the year.
A 17-year-old first-year pro, Ishikawa won the athlete of the year award at the Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday evening.
Ishikawa is the youngest athlete to ever win the award, topping (current Boston Red Sox pitcher) Daisuke Matsuzaka, who won it at the age of 19 when he played for the Seibu Lions in 1999.