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Updated at 8:47 a.m., Friday, September 5, 2008

Golf: Tadd 3 over, misses cut in Switzerland

Advertiser Staff

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Tadd Fujikawa from tees off during the first round of the Omega European Masters Golf Tournament in Crans Montana, Switzerland.

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT | Keystone/Associated Press

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Moanalua High School senior Tadd Fujikawa shot a 1-over-par 72 today in the second round of the Omega European Masters at Crans-Sur-Sierre Golf Club in Crans Montana, Switzerland.

His two-round total of 145 was three shots above the cut of even-par 142.

"Small mistakes cost me the cut. You can't do that on any tour," the 17-year-old Fujikawa said. "I had a lot of chances but I couldn't make anything."

The European Tour event is played at an altitude of 4,500 feet in the Alps.

Fujikawa had three birdies and four bogeys in his second round and finished tied for 104th. His caddie this week is his mother, Lori.

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, who is 19, and Australian Brett Rumsford were co-leaders at 8-under 134.

Fujikawa turned pro in July of 2007 after finishing 20th at the Sony Open in Hawai'i — becoming the second-youngest in history to make a PGA Tour cut — and winning the Hawai'i Pearl Open. He has played 16 tour events since, six on the PGA Tour, and made two cuts, both in Japan. He also won this year's Mid-Pacific Open.

Fujikawa also played in the KLM Open, another European event, in late August and failed to make the cut.