PALM HARBOR, Fla. – The distance between Tokyo and Tampa is more than 7,000 miles, but many in the field at the Transitions Championship are feeling the effects of the earthquake and tsunami that affected the island nation in the past two weeks.
Ryuji Imada, who lives in Tampa, was born in Hiroshima and lived there until age 14, when he moved to the U.S. Imada attended the University of Georgia, started his professional career in 2000 on the Nationwide Tour and made the jump to the PGA Tour in 2005.
With Japan in peril, Imada wanted to help. After talking with Vijay Singh, Imada followed Singh’s advice of drafting a handwritten letter asking for the help of his PGA Tour brethren.
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Imada's handwritten letter
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Imada drafted the letter on Wednesday and then made 150 copies to be put in each of the players’ lockers and posted in prominent places in the locker room.
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