The LPGA will soon be saying goodbye to another former great.
A week after Ha Na Jang announced her plans to return to South Korea, Ai Miyazoto, a 31-year-old from Japan, announced that this current season will be her last.
Miyazoto was ranked No. 1 in the world as recently as 2010, although her career has fallen well off that torrid early start.
Bullets
- Immediate Star: Miyazato exploded onto the LPGA scene when she won the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in 2005 by a staggering 12 strokes.
- 25 & 0: While Miyazato has 25 professional victories between the U.S. and Asia, she has never won a major, something she was often criticized for in the LPGA.
- Long slump: Miyazato’s last LPGA victory came at the 2012 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
- Part-timer: Currently ranked 114th in the world, Miyazato has played in just five events this season, mixing three missed cuts with finishes of T35 and T50.
- Unmotivated: The reason Miyazato gave for the decision to retire was a “lack of motivation,” which she says has been a struggle over the past five years.
Quotable
“Being a professional is all about results and lately I wasn’t able to achieve good results.”
–Ai Miyazato
This post appeared originally as part of the Daily Rundown.
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