Magic...

Ever saw real magic??? I'm not talking slight of hand...but for real kine???

Today...I saw real magic, in person, when Moanalua High School teenager Tadd Fujikawa shot a blistering 62 to shoot to the top of the leader board in the Sony Open. When Tadd played in the Sony 2 years ago and made the cut...it was also unreal: http://serikaku.blogspot.com/search?q=tadd+fujikawa

When my brother checked the Internet and told me he threw 3 birds in the first 3 holes, we were psyched and quickly ate breakfast and headed out to Waialae. We entered through the 12th green gate and on the leader board there, it said that Tadd was 5 under!!! While walking towards the tee of the 12th, we heard a LOUD roar and knew he must have dropped another bird on the 11th!!! 6 under and 2 off the lead!!!

We, along with a large Tiger like crowd, followed Tadd from the 12th to the 18th. We were standing directly behind him when he hit an awesome shot to the tucked back left pin on the really hard 17th par 3 hole...the gallery went crazy when he dropped that putt for bird, and 7 under. 17th hole: http://serikaku.blogspot.com/search?q=sony+open

Then on the next hole, he launches a 2nd shot 3 wood from the bunker ON TO the 18th from like 230 yards out...the Golf Channel's "Shot of the Day." Too bad we couldn't track that shot cause it was a super hard fairway bunker shot and must have looked unbelievable! 2 putts later and Tadd was tied for the LEAD in a real PGA tournament at 8 under - Holy Smokes!!!

The entire course was buzzing with energy when Tadd was out there playing today, what a magical day for Tadd as well as all the people of Hawaii.

This is a great quote: "This year, I'm out there to win, and I know I can do it." Good luck tomorrow...we KNOW you can do it!!!