Ishikawa is spoken for, mother says

Japanese star will bring longtime girlfriend to Presidents Cup in Australia

Stand down ladies. Japanese golf star and Asia-wide heartthrob Ryo Ishikawa, once nicknamed "The Bashful Prince", has a girlfriend, his mother has said. Ishikawa, the object of passion right across the age spectrum, is set to introduce his potential fiancee, a junior high school classmate, at the Presidents Cup in Melbourne next month, Japanese media reported on Tuesday.

"There exists a woman whom Ryo Ishikawa is going out with," his mother, who is also his manager, said in a statement to local media, asking them to refrain from overheated coverage of the golfer's "private matters".