BOISE, Idaho — Tadd Fujikawa of Honolulu walked off the 18th green at Hillcrest Country Club yesterday afternoon and shook hands with Albertsons Boise Open promoter Jeff Sanders, who brought him to town.

"Nice finish, kid," Sanders said.

Nice finish, indeed, but it wasn't enough.

Fujikawa one-putted the last three greens and birdied the last two holes to shoot even-par 71 and finish with a 36-hole total of 1-under 141. He missed the cut by three strokes.

It was the fourth straight missed cut for the 16-year-old Fujikawa since turning pro. Still, he delighted fans and Sanders with his never-quit attitude and knack for the dramatic.

"I never give up," Fujikawa said. "Even if I'm going to miss the cut by 20 shots, I'm still going to try to shoot the best score I can. That's just the way I am."

Fujikawa played in the $675,000 Nationwide Tour event on a sponsor's exemption. He doesn't have another event on his schedule, but he now has a friend in the business in Sanders.

"That's what I like about the kid. He just keeps playing," Sanders said. "There's no quit in him."

Gary Woodland, who played with Fujikawa both days at Hillcrest, also was impressed.

"He's going to be around for a long time, no doubt about it," Woodland said. "Mentally, he's way above his age."

Fujikawa missed birdie putts on his first seven holes yesterday and made the turn at even par. His driver got him into trouble on the back nine, leading to a pair of bogeys on par-4s. He hit it in the trees on the easy par-5 16th, ending his chances of making the cut, but drained a 20-footer for par.

He knocked his tee shot to about 12 feet on the par-3 17th, where he made an ace Thursday. The birdie putt tumbled into the hole on the last turn.

He finished with an approach to 4 feet on No. 18, and he made that, too.

"He gave the crowd a lot of what they wanted," Woodland said. "He made a hole-in-one yesterday, and to finish birdie-birdie is pretty sweet."

But also sour.

Fujikawa now has missed cuts on the PGA, Canadian, European and Nationwide tours since turning pro. He will leave Boise on Monday with a better idea what parts of his game need work.

He hit 14 of 28 fairways at Hillcrest and didn't convert enough makeable birdie putts.

"I need to work on my driving," he said. "I didn't hit many fairways this week. It cost me strokes."