お誕生日おめでとうございます 石川 遼

"Happy birthday, Ryo-san :D"

"I so love you Ryo ~ ♥"

"かわいい happy birthday *<:-P"

"Happy Birthday!! ずっと応援してます!! I love your smile(^^)"

"I love everything about you Ryo and you're so handsome! I hope to see you one day,cause you make me scream whenever I see you, I LOVE YOU!!!! =DDDDDDD"

"I love your trousers! youre awesome!"

"Happy Birthday to you ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Dear Ryo ♥ ♥ ♥ Happy Birthday to you ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ and many more ♪♫•*¨*...•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪...♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪...♥ ♫♪...♪♫ Its your special day, so don’t forget the SMILES!!!!"

Such are the birthday greetings that appear on your facebook page when you're sweet and whimsical... and Japan's top-ranked professional golfer. ~ Then there was this:

"おめでとぉ(*´∀｀*) Happy Birthday"!! r u 20?"

No, not yet. Ryo Ishikawa turns 19 today... which is hard to believe when you consider how much he's accomplished. True, Ryo started to rack up the records early:

2007 - became the youngest winner on the men's Japan Golf Tour at 15 (Munsingwear Open KSB Cup)

2008 - bacame the youngest player ever to reach the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings

2009 - bacame the youngest player ever to reach the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings

2010 - carded the lowest score ever on any major golf tour, a 58, at The Crowns a Japan Golf Tour event.

Those are just a few of the precocious prizes the bashful prince has claimed in less than two decades on earth. As one fan said:

"Happy Birthday Ryo!!! Hope you have a great year!!!"