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Ai Miyazato relaxed on course in final season on LPGA Tour

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ROGERS, Ark. (AP) Ai Miyazato has known for 10 months that this season would be her last on the LPGA Tour.

The former world No. 1 from Japan is more relaxed entering this week’s NW Arkansas Championship after announcing her retirement last month.

It’s the first tournament in the U.S. for the 32-year-old Miyazato since making her retirement official. It’s also the site of her last LPGA Tour win – a final-round comeback victory at Pinnacle Country Club in 2012.

World No. 2 Lydia Ko is the defending champion at the event, which also features former No.