Tadd Fujikawa In, Michelle Wie Out
On Friday, one local high school student famished and one local high school student flourished. Michelle Wie missed the cut again at her fourth Sony Open playing at her Waialae Country Club home course. But the big news was coming from a few holes ahead of Michelle Wie.
Tadd Fujikawa, who last year became one of the youngest players to ever qualify for the US Open, was fighting for a spot to play in the weekend. On the 18th hole, a par 5, Tadd needed a par to make the projected cut. Instead, he settled for an eagle, throwing his arms to the sky.
With that, Tadd Fujikawa became the youngest player in 50 years to make the cut in a PGA tour event. Afterwards Tadd was ecstatic about making the cut and doing it in front of his hometown crowd of friends and family. He also jokingly said he didn’t think, or better, didn’t expect to win or even come close to winning. He was just happy to be moving on to the next round.
Well, joking aside, he came out today and shot another 66 to put him in the top 10 going into the final round of the 2007 Sony Open. He sits at 7-under par, 5 strokes behind the expected leader Paul Goydos.
Hawaii looks to have some great up and coming golfers with both Tadd and Michelle. We’ll keep you in the loop with up to date info on the Sony Open.Â