Yea, my 15 yr old son (who hits it 250-270) played a practice round with him about 4 months ago and said while he was hitting 7-irons into the green, Tadd was hitting 9-irons/P-wedges. And I followed him for part of a tourney and the top of his head is no higher than my shoulder, lol. A very nice young man, friendly and polite...I wish him much success in the future.
Hey, Tadd Fujikawa is what, 15, and he shot a 1-over 71! If you recall, he played in the U.S. Open last year. The top of his head probably comes up to Wie's shoulder.
Just to correct you, he is 16 years old. He turned 16 a couple of days before the Sony Open.
To answer the thread though, he should indeed get recognition, but leave out the first 3 words in your thread title. There is plenty of room for both of them.
Tadd is indeed a very promising player. He was in the same local qualifier as Michelle for the US Open, where she was medalist and he took 2nd place. He then got through the sectional qualifier and shot 2 very respectable rounds at the US Open.
By the way, he has no coach. He is self thought and learns from books.
Just to correct you, he is 16 years old. He turned 16 a couple of days before the Sony Open.
To answer the thread though, he should indeed get recognition, but leave out the first 3 words in your thread title. There is plenty of room for both of them.
Tadd is indeed a very promising player. He was in the same local qualifier as Michelle for the US Open, where she was medalist and he took 2nd place. He then got through the sectional qualifier and shot 2 very respectable rounds at the US Open.
By the way, he has no coach. He is self thought and learns from books.
This is sad. 1 post besides my original regarding any excitement about Tad Fujikawa, who has already at 15 had more success as an amateur in making it to the US Open and played 8 strokes better than the older Michelle Wie at the Sony, yet Wie gets a gadzillion of posts.
Just to correct that, he shot 7 strokes better than her in the first round.
He is only 1 shot out of the cut line though, so he is in with a chance, but I doubt he make it, because it's a lot of pressure for his first event. He could really do with a cushion in trying to make his first pga tour cut, and it would be much easier. Maybe he could get a good start to the 2nd round.
Just to correct you, it is "self taught", not self thought.
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Originally Posted by rodney_c
Just to correct you, he is 16 years old. He turned 16 a couple of days before the Sony Open.
To answer the thread though, he should indeed get recognition, but leave out the first 3 words in your thread title. There is plenty of room for both of them.
Tadd is indeed a very promising player. He was in the same local qualifier as Michelle for the US Open, where she was medalist and he took 2nd place. He then got through the sectional qualifier and shot 2 very respectable rounds at the US Open.
By the way, he has no coach. He is self thought and learns from books.
He was a fun story to follow last year in the shadows of his fellow Hawaiian...hopefully as he matures in his game and continues to have success, he'll start getting a little more recognition. Although...being the "other" Hawaiian phenom, away from the spotlight probably helps his progress a bit...
In his lifetime he will have more written about him than the more "recognizable Hawaiian".
Just to correct you, it is "self taught", not self thought.
Thanks, but my corrections were more just to give you the correct figures, grammer is another subject.
Sorry if you thought I was picking, but I thought him turning 16 in particular was important.
In his lifetime he will have more written about him than the more "recognizable Hawaiian".
Unless they keep refering to her as the one with so much promise that fizzled as she got older.Oh by the way, gone is the slim trim figure. She must have put on twenty pounds.
Thanks, but my corrections were more just to give you the correct figures, grammer is another subject.
Sorry if you thought I was picking, but I thought him turning 16 in particular was important.
Unless they keep refering to her as the one with so much promise that fizzled as she got older.Oh by the way, gone is the slim trim figure. She must have put on twenty pounds.
I noticed that yesterday in her interview...she definitely looked bigger. Probably she'll be working on trying to put on more muscle in the coming years so I wouldn't be surprised to see that worked out soon.
Unless they keep refering to her as the one with so much promise that fizzled as she got older.Oh by the way, gone is the slim trim figure. She must have put on twenty pounds.
The original poster had complained about how few posts that a Tadd thread was getting.
Since you have changed the topic to Michelle Wie, perhaps he will be happier with the number of replies that start to come.
In his lifetime he will have more written about him than the more "recognizable Hawaiian".
Don't bet the house on it. If there weren't another word written about Michelle from this point forward ( I know some of you are thinking - his mouth to God's ear ) he might never catch up to her unless he turns out to be the next Tiger Woods.
Hey, Tadd Fujikawa is what, 15, and he shot a 1-over 71! If you recall, he played in the U.S. Open last year. The top of his head probably comes up to Wie's shoulder.
Yep, and he actually earned his spot in the field.
5'1"! (but quite possibly still growing) Is there any accomplished PGA player (past or present )who is shorter? Generally these guys are all on the tall end of the spectrum.
January 12th, 2007, 01:50 PM
If there weren't another word written about Michelle from this point forward ( I know some of you are thinking - his mouth to God's ear 
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