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June 15, 2006
Tadd Fujikawa - Story of the week?
Freakshow or phenom? Some say this kid got Michelle Wie's spot when she decided to try and qualify for the open in New Jersey instead of Hawaii. Her loss was Tadd Fujikawa's gain as he captured the one qualifying spot out of Hawaii to become the youngest player to compete in a US Open.
From AP story - At 15 Hawaiian teenager Tadd Fujikawa has become the youngest player ever to compete in the US Open and he is relishing his chance to play at Winged Foot.
Fujikawa told reporters: "Who wouldn't be excited? It's the Open. It doesn't matter what age you are, 15, 20, 50. It's definitely a great thrill for me."
The teenage sensation added: "I was born three-and-a-half months premature. I think the doctors said that I had probably a 50 per cent chance of living.
"I think that it's really something special that I'm actually here, alive, not only at the US Open, but just talking to everybody, and I guess being alive right now."
Read more:
US Open Media Room Interview [Noticias.info]
Fujikawa is youngest [Honolulu Advertiser]
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