Ishikawa still eyeing throne

Whether it was in America or Japan, every shot played was captured by TV crews and every post-round interview drew a massive scrum of golf writers that his agent would bring a stool for him to sit and answer every media question that would make sporting headlines back home.

This was the life of Ryo Ishikawa more than a decade ago.

Before the emergence of now eight-time PGA Tour winner Hideki Matsuyama, Ishikawa was the darling amongst Japanese fans and media who were desperate to embrace a sporting hero that would inspire a golf-mad nation.

At age 15, Ishikawa wrote a slice of golf history by becoming the youngest winner on the Japan Golf Tour in 2007 and by the time he turned 20, the boy who would…