Urgency and experience won out over precociousness and exuberance yesterday in the Hawai'i twosome at the Children's Miracle Network Classic. Parker McLachlin, the 1996 Hawai'i state high school champion, and Moanalua junior Tadd Fujikawa are paired for the first two days of the final event of the PGA Tour season.

McLachlin, a tour rookie who needs a top-5 finish to keep his full playing privileges in 2008, fired a 4-under-par 68 in the opening round at Disney Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. He has a share of 13th.

Fujikawa opened with a 71 and is tied for 72nd. The 16-year-old probably needs to shoot a 69 or better today to make his first cut in seven professional starts.

The Hawai'i boys were tearing it up when they started the day on the back nine of the Palms Course. Through four holes, they were a combined 5-under. Fujikawa was 3-under after four, two-putting for birdie on the 11th, then sinking 15-footers on the next two holes.

"I thought I was going to shoot my age," he recalled. "If that's possible."

But the Disney Resort, and Fujikawa's putting, came back to bite him. He bogeyed three of the next four, made the turn at even-par and was still there until he eagled his 16th hole (No. 7) from 25 feet. He gave one back with bogey on the next hole. He had just five pars in his round, and three three-putts.

"I was on a roll," Fujikawa said. "I had my putter going early and for some reason I just lost it. I hit the ball well, but I couldn't putt to save my life. ... It was nice to see I can shoot a decent score even though I didn't putt as well as I wanted to."

In contrast, McLachlin's short game was extremely efficient. He hit just 67 percent of the greens in regulation, but still converted six birdies and needed just 28 putts. He was 3-under after five holes and got to 5-under with birdie on his 16th hole, but bogeyed the next.

Fujikawa was impressed with McLachlin's game and grace under pressure. "I kinda see the pressure in all the guys out here, except me," Fujikawa said. "It's tough really fighting for a card. For me, luckily, I don't have to worry about it this year."

Tournament sponsors have given Fujikawa passes to go to the nearby Disney parks, but so far he has stuck to the golf course. He figures his pairing with McLachlin and 15-year-old amateur MacKinzie Kline, National Spokesperson for the Children's Heart Foundation, is also a perk. Like Fujikawa, born 3 months premature, Kline has close ties to the Children's Miracle Network hospitals.

"It was a little weird playing with somebody from Hawai'i, but Parker is a good guy," Fujikawa said. "We had fun today, with MacKinzie, too. It was nice to play with someone my own age. It kinda relaxed me a little. I'm being spoiled out here."

Fujikawa is taking it all in.

"Just in case this golf thing doesn't work and there's nothing else to go into," the diminutive Fujikawa said, "I learned the requirement to be Mickey Mouse is a height of 5 feet to 5 feet 2. I guess I could fit into a Mickey Mouse suit."

The leader is J.P. Hayes at 7-under. McLachlin and Fujikawa tee off at 6:40 a.m. Hawai'i time today. Golf Channel coverage begins at 8 a.m.