Fujikawa recorded four birdies on the front nine, including three over a four-hole stretch, and is 3-under par after nine holes Saturday in the third round of the Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club.

The 5-foot-1 Moanalua High School sophomore opened with a par, and bogeyed the second hole -- a 423-yard, par-4.

Then came the birdie barrage, where Fujikawa would birdie holes Nos. 3, 5, 6.

He birdied on the 422-yard, par-3 hole. He parred the fourth -- a 204-yard par-3. He then birdied the fifth hole -- a 467-yard, par-4, and birdied the sixth -- a 460-yard, par-4.

Fujikawa parred the seventh, a par 3, and the eighth, a par 4.

The then birdied the 506-yard, par-5 ninth to make the turn at 3-under 32.

Fujikawa is 6-under so far for the tournament.

The leaders -- at 11-under -- have yet to tee off.

Fujikawa shot a 1-over 71 Thursday and a 4-under 66 Friday to make the cut, which was at even par. On Friday, he had four birdies, an eagle and two bogeys. He closed his historic round with an eagle on the closing 18th hole to a roar of the gallery.

The 72-hole tournament, whose field was cut after Friday's round from 144 players to the top 70 and ties, ends Sunday.