Kevin Ralbovsky, golf coach for Tadd Fujikawa, is writing a journal for The Advertiser on the 15-year-old's pinch-me-please experience at the U.S. Open, where Fujikawa became the youngest in history to play the event. Here's how Ralbovsky described Fujikawa's second round.

Tadd got his birdie yesterday and actually was on a nice run there.

He hit two nice shots on the first hole (his 10th) so at the turn things were going really well. He made some nice pars, had some good birdie opportunities and converted on the (par-5) fifth hole.

He hit in the bunker in two and got his bunker shot to 3 feet. On the next hole he hit it close again, probably 10 or 12 feet, and unfortunately missed.

He started hitting close on (Nos.) 1 to 6, but coming in it kind of got away from him a little bit. He missed the greens at (Nos.) 7, 8 and 9 and they were tough up and downs.

It's a course where if you drive it in the rough you are not going to score well. It's as simple as that. Yesterday he missed two drives in the deep rough and made bogey.

His other misses were in the first cut of grass and you can play out of that, it just flies a little.

The fairways are 25 yards wide, then there's about 5 yards of first cut. It's tricky, it looks like the ball is in the middle of the fairway and it kicks off. It's only going to get harder the next two days so these guys are in for it.

The other thing is, the greens are not that smooth. The poa (annua, a type of grass) comes out late in the afternoon. He and the other guys in his group would watch the ball roll and then it would just bounce. You're at the mercy of that and it's tough to make birdies. You've got to negotiate the break and speed and bumpy greens, too.

Tadd played very much like Thursday. Again, if he had gotten some early momentum with some birdies it could have changed the complexion of the round very easily. He was very close to having a very good score, but the margin for error at this course is literally inches. You hit a good shot and it's a couple inches too long or too short and the ball is no longer on the green. The margin for error is very extreme.

Tadd conducted himself so well, he was so poised and polished out there. The fans were thrilled to root for him. There was a very big crowd for Tadd out there today again and some were yelling "Michelle Who?" The gallery was really raucous. It was a real proud moment for me and great for me just to experience that for Tadd.

Afterward I told him how well he did and just re-affirmed that he had the ability to play at this level. Maybe in a couple years, after he gets a little more experience he can play at the tour level. That's realistic. He certainly hits the ball well enough and he's composed enough mentally to compete at this level. We don't want to rush anything. We need to let him develop at his own pace. I'm sure he'll take a lot of positive feelings from this tournament just based on the fact that he knows now what he needs to do to play out there. He'll develop a lot of confidence from the experience.

My most memorable moment was on the first tee the first day when the ovation from the crowd was just so loud and so positive for Tadd. It literally made the hair on the back of my neck raise up. I didn't expect it, didn't expect the crowd to be that pro-Tadd. A lot of it was that his story had gotten out and so many people were inspired from it.

What stood out for me was how calm he was, for two days. It surprised the crowd to see him look so poised. He seemed very calm. It was just a thrill for him to be out there and hitting balls next to the tour pros, and chipping and putting on the putting green with guys you see on TV every week — Freddie Couples and guys like that putting right next to you. You have to pinch yourself a little to realize you're in this situation. I think he's just basking in his newfound celebrity.