Just call Tadd Fujikawa The Big Kahuna. The New York crowds were.

"One person in the grandstand today, he just started yelling 'Go Big Kahuna,' " Fujikawa said by phone last night. "That was kind of an odd moment."

Fujikawa, the youngest golfer is history to play in the U.S. Open and one of the smallest, ended his wild week yesterday by shooting a second-round 77. His 36-hole total of 158 missed the cut by nine at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

He is in fast company. Tiger Woods, Stuart Appleby, Dean Wilson, Davis Love III, Sergio Garcia and defending champion Michael Campbell all missed the weekend.

"It's over, finally it's over," said Fujikawa, who waited 32 holes to get his Open birdie. "At the same time, I really wanted to play over the weekend. I really enjoyed all the people and fans. It's really something special. I won't ever forget it. It really surprised me how warm they were, but only in the beginning. After a couple of days, it just felt pretty cool and pretty normal."

The gallery following Fujikawa began to yell "Michelle Who?" yesterday after Fujikawa hit pure shots, a reference to the more famous teenage golfer from Hawai'i whose last name is Wie. Fujikawa, 15, closed the attention gap over the last week, starting with The Golf Channel interview Tuesday that featured a swing comparison with Wie.

In the space of four practice rounds, two real rounds and several press conferences and calls, he acquired an adoring following of some 300 on the course and more off it. The 5-foot-1, 135-pound Moanalua sophomore failed to give them what they wanted most — birdies — but apparently did not disappoint.

He had no regrets when it was over, despite bogeying his final three holes. Fujikawa had four bogeys on each side yesterday, but converted his only birdie of the tournament when he got up and down from the bunker on the par-5 fifth hole.

"Oh man that birdie was something special. It was a long time coming," said Fujikawa, who figured he had "five or six" realistic birdie opportunities over two days. "The greens were really tough out there. You can have a 5-footer and putt it off the green. And the greens were getting bumpy today, with metal spikes and all this stuff. We were the last group so the greens were not rolling well. It was tough to make a putt."

Fujikawa ended up 140th, just ahead of Mark Calcavecchia and Nick Price. Fujikawa finished sixth among the nine amateurs. He hit just half the fairways and a third of the greens in regulation yesterday, but never lost the cool that has characterized his game since he burst into the Hawai'i golf spotlight by winning last year's Hickam Invitational and Francis Brown Four-Ball — both adult events.

"I didn't expect to be this calm," Fujikawa said. "It was kinda overwhelming, but at the same time it was so fun and I'll never forget it. The first tee on the first day ... that was the coolest thing that's ever happened in my life. Everything about it. I just walked up on the tee and everyone started yelling. That was so cool. They hadn't even announced me yet. I was like, 'Whoa, maybe Tiger Woods is around.' "