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Adam Scott was losing ground Saturday at Firestone when he decided to stick with what was working.

KASAMA, Japan (AP) -Ryo Ishikawa missed the cut at the Japan Golf Tour Championship on Friday, a day after he carded the worst score of his professional career.

Ryo Ishikawa is among eight players who no longer have to qualify for the U.S. Open.

AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) -Ryo Ishikawa understands that whatever pressure he faces this week at the Masters doesn't even compare with what his people in Japan are facing as they try to recover from the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed so many lives.

PGT: Ryo Ishikawa surged to the top of the leaderboard amid concern about his Japanese homeland, then was clearly distracted and struggled badly in Friday's second round.

PGT: 19-year-old Ryo Ishikawa sits in second place after the first round of the WGC Cadillac Championship on 7-under par, but his mind is focused his home nation of Japan.