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Best Story: Tadd Fujikawa (16yr. made the cut -3: birdied 16, eagle on 18)
World Class players: Luke Donald, Jim Furyk (both will have excellent years)
Horses For Courses: Chad Campbell, Paul Goydos
Who's Hot This Year: Will MacKenzie, K.J. Choi (years looks promising for them)
Back In Form: Paul Azinger, Rich Beam, John Daly (JD, for now . . . )
Best Newbies: George McNeill (Q-school medalists -4) Jason Dufner (Nationwide -4), rest of the newbies struggled.
Blow ups: J.B. Holmes . . . +8 for the day (Wei was +6 . . . ouch J.B.!)
Who To Watch: Charles Howell III . . . has he recaptured his form?
Who Is Dangerous: Bubba Watson, had it to 5 under for the day at one point before falling back, has the length to go low here.

Who will win, Campbell likes this course.

What is your prediction now?


HONOLULU (AP) -- History finally arrived at the Sony Open when a teenager from Hawaii made the cut.

Michelle Wie won't be around to see it.

Tadd Fujikawa, the pint-sized high school sophomore who turned 16 on Monday, stole the show from the island's biggest golf star with an eagle on the last hole for a 4-under 66, making him the youngest player in 50 years to make the cut on the PGA TOUR.

He walked up to the 18th green to a standing ovation, the loudest of the week at Waialae Country Club, then sent the grandstands into delirium with a 15-foot eagle putt. He dropped his putter and raised both hands in the air, a smile stretching across his face.

Wie was wrapping up her press conference after again struggling off the tee on her way to a 76. She missed the cut for the fourth straight time at the Sony Open, this time by 14 shots.

Paul Goydos (63) and Luke Donald (66) shared the lead at 11-under 129, but attention shifted to the 5-foot-1 local who first got everyone's attention when he qualified for the U.S. Open at Winged Foot.

Fujikawa was tied for 24th at 3-under 137.

The youngest player to qualify for the weekend on the PGA TOUR was Bob Panasik at the 1957 Canadian Open when he was 15 years, eight months. Ty Tryon was 16 years, nine months when he made the cut in the 2001 Honda Classic.

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John Daly has the capacity any given week to WIN, if he gets in the right frame of mind. If he starts to feel it . . . I remember seeing him at the AmexCo World Championsip in San Fran . . . best exibition of driving I've ever seen, totally awesome, and the rest of his game was sharp, he is a great player especially if he gets near the lead and believes he can win. Right now he may be too far back, but a 65 will put him in the mix . . . go JD!

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