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. 

Vijay Singh is coming off a big win at the Mercedes Championship on Maui and David Toms, last years Sony Open winner at the Waialae Country Club is ready to defend his title.

But the big news, as is always the case if she’s playing in a Men’s tournament, is Michelle Wie. She’ll be playing in her 4th straight Sony Open on a sponsors exemption and looking to make her first cut in a PGA event.

Some are calling the Sony Open a must win for Michelle Wie. Either way, her 8:30 tee time today will surely have a huge crowd following it.

It looks as though Michelle Wie will be headed to stanford come fall where she will attend school. She won’t be able to play golf because she’s already turned pro so she won’t really be following in Tiger Woods’ footsteps.

She seems excited but I’m not sure how long she’ll last over there.

What do you think?

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Even though we’re getting into the off season of golf and allowing the players to recuperate from a long and grueling 11 month season, that doesn’t mean we as fans have to take any time off. And if you following any bit of women’s golf you’ll know that Michelle Wie is always in the news.

With her recent debacle in Japan many are questioning whether she should be allowed to play in the men’s tournaments. She’s played in 12 men’s tournaments and has missed the cut in all her PGA attempts and made the cut in Korea at a men’s tournament.

There’s no question Michelle Wie is a gifted golfer and athlete, but she may be jumping into things a little to fast. It would be terrible to see her get discouraged so early on and become more of a sideshow than a golfer. She has amazing talent and needs only a few more years to hone her talent and become one of the best golfers in the world.

However, as long as she keeps getting sponsors exemptions to play men’s tournaments and large appearance fees, who can blame her. Any one of us would do the same thing. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t.