EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA —
Miroku Suto of Japan seems to be like an expert golfer with logos of 11 sponsors splashed throughout her polo shirt, cap, bag and even her belt.
Her dad and mom say the offers are value within the mid-six figures yearly, with some contracts for 10 years. A twelfth sponsorship is ready when she returns to her dwelling three hours outdoors of Tokyo.
The sponsors are so vital that Suto’s mom and caddie, former determine skater Miyuki Suto, had her daughter change right into a sponsor’s belt earlier than she sat for a video interview and thoroughly organized her hat in her fingers so the logos could possibly be seen.
Miroku Suto has excessive confidence, saying by way of an interpreter she desires to develop into “a legend.”
She has a methods to go. She’s solely 10.
Although Suto received consecutive titles within the 6-and-under age group on the Junior World Golf Championships in 2017-18 on a par-3 course, she hasn’t accomplished in addition to she’s moved up in age.
She struggled this 12 months within the 9-10 age group and tied for seventeenth, 18 pictures behind the winner on a par-74, 4,201-yard structure at Sycuan Resort Willow Glen Course. It’s the third straight time she has left San Diego with out a title (the 2020 match was canceled due to the pandemic).
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