Tadd Fujikawa (born January 8, 1991) is an American
professional golfer. Playing as an amateur at age
15, he qualified for the 2006 U.S. Open, the
youngest golfer since 1941 to do so. In 2007, he
made the cut in a PGA Tour event at the Sony Open in
Hawaii. At the age of 16 years, 4 days, he was the
second youngest player to ever achieve that feat.
Fujikawa is a junior at Moanalua High School in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Fujikawa was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born
three months premature and doctors gave him a 50-50
chance of survival. He weighed 1 pound, 15 ounces
and was so small that he could fit in his
grandfather's palm. His parents worried that he
would grow up with a mental disability. Partially as
a result of his premature birth, at age 16 Fujikawa
stands only 5 feet 1 inch/1.55 m tall and 155 lbs.
