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Might wanna keep the gravy talk to a minimum around this guy, waz. Jus' kiddin', big guy.

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Haha it's all good, I've known I'm a pretty large guy lol, have lost a bit of weight since last year though.

This is pretty cool. No shot at MW. Just congratulating a kid who played just awesome!

Teen (not Wie) makes cut, history in Hawaii



Tadd Fujikawa, 16, fired a 66 on Friday to
become the youngest player in 50 years to
make the cut on the PGA Tour. <snip>
By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer
January 13, 2007

Its funny how everyone is hyping Tadd's made cut as such a big accomplishment. Tadd didn't dominate juniors golf, he didn't dominate anyone, he didn't learn how to win at a lower level. He actually went the Michelle route, and good for him, clearly it shows hard work and determination is rewarded.

If Michelle Wie made the cut, half the forum would be calling it a fluke, and continue telling Michelle Wie to quit Men's golf.

At least this should motivate Michelle, having some tiny short-hitting kid she used to dominate in junior golf beat her to making a cut is definitely going to fire her up.

David Faherty might describe hin as a "tadd wie."

Or a "wie tadd"

You didn't watch him play at all, did you? Short-hitting he is not.

It will be great to see all the media coverage Tadd gets this weekend, not because of hype or marketing , but on making the cut based on his talent and desire.

Things like that make my day!!!

There was no hyping going on. Just a little bit of bonus coverage.

he is much better prepared then wie, and has much better control over his game, 345 drive, 5 iron to 15 feet and makes eagle, michelle couldn't do that, this kid isnt bad, needs to get in better shape though

Wildbore, well, perhaps not 'dominate', but he's listed at ranked as 19th in the world (Golfweek Junior ratings)....and considering he's among the youngest in the top grouping, I would still consider him as very talented.

1 Philip Francis 2007
2 Rickie Fowler 2007
3 Peter Uihlein 2008
4 Drew Kittleson 2007
5 Kevin Tway 2007
6 Andrew Yun 2009
7 Arnond Vongvanij 2007
8 Richard Lee (AZ) 2009
9 Cody Gribble 2009
10 Sihwan Kim 2007
11 Wesley Graham 2008
12 Bud Cauley 2008
13 Jhared Hack 2007
14 Sang Yi 2008
15 Steve Ziegler 2007
16 Tommy Chung Hao Mou 2009
17 Patrick Reed 2009
18 Ji Moon 2007
19 Tadd Fujikawa 2009

Actually, I don't believe Tadd took the same exact route as Michelle. He wasn't playing on a sponsor's invite, he actually qualified. I like the fact that he is also basically "self-taught", and building his game by studying books and applying what works for him.

Michelle hasn't been the same since she started getting her swing coaching directly from Ledbetter. When she was being coached by one of the Ledbetter instructors, she could hit the long ball and keep it in the fairway, but her short game stunk. Now her short game has improved and she can't find the fairway. She needs to tell Ledbetter thanks, but no thanks, and find someone who can really help her.

That was a positive comment. I said don't expect too much from him, because he is already achieved a great deal and the excitement will probably make it difficult for him to produce his best play.

It's just a pattern that happens in golf. Take Tiger Woods, when he made his first cut, her shot 77 in the 3rd round. The relief of making the first cut probably takes away some of their concentration or something like that.