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In a golfing family from Okinawa, Yusaku and elder brother
Kiyoshi had to be content with reflected glory as "Ai-chan"
scripted a glittering professional career that included nine
LPGA Tour titles and 15 on the domestic circuit.
Ai cited a lack of motivation as her reason for putting away her
clubs but Yusaku, who won two titles in Japan this season,
appears ready to keep the family flag flying as he targets a
strong performance at this week's U.S. Open in Wisconsin.
"I really, really wanted to compete (at the U.S. Open)," he was
quoted as saying by the Kyodo news agency. "I've been consistent
in my drives, so with that in mind I can plan my four-day game."
Yusaku finished 23rd in his U.S. Open debut last year and said
he would remember the lessons he learned at the Oakmont Country
Club in Pennsylvania last year when he tees off at Erin Hills on
Thursday.
"It was such a tough course and I felt the barriers between
myself and the world's (best players).
"I learned what I had to work on. Since then, my game has
changed," said Yusaku, the first golfer to make two holes-in-one
in the same round of a PGA Tour event at the 2006 Reno-Tahoe
Open.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by John
O'Brien)
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