Knowledge is power. Sometimes, not knowing is just as good.
As news started to surface that another earthquake had hit Japan, Ryo Ishikawa continued with his day job, unaware of the next wave of the disaster that has hammered his homeland in the last month.
He was half a world away, blissfully distracted and shooting 1-under 71 on a cloudless day at Augusta National Golf Course. He could have been on another planet.
But don’t think not knowing is not caring for Ishikawa. Far from it.
“Ohh,” he said, surprised by reporters who informed him of Thursday’s earthquake after Thursday’s round. “I think it is very serious.”