Did Ryo Ishikawa impress at the WGC Matchplay Championship?

Question

The Japanese teenager has sometimes looked uncomfortable playing on US soil - did he play well in the first round yesterday?

Answer 1

Yes, Ishikawa looked very much like the formidable player he's been billed as in his homeland, winning the last three holes for a 2-up victory over Michael Sim of Australia. On the 17th,  Ishikawa impressed when hitting from a fairway bunker to inside 2 feet of the hole to set up for a birdie.