Once golf's darling, she's now getting negative press

	In her desire to take on the men, Michelle Wie seems to be getting worse, not better. Jeff Gross/Getty Images
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Somehow, it figures that Paul Goydos, the everyman hard-luck Linus of the PGA Tour, finally wins a tournament for the first time in 11 years and he's not even the main headline. The biggest story at the Sony Open was that of a local Hawaiian teen sensation who made the cut and won the hearts of fellow Hawaiians.

The funny thing is, that Hawaiian teen sensation wasn't Michelle Wie. She missed the cut. Again. It was Tadd Fujikawa, 16, a little big man at 5-foot-1 with a passion for golf and an ingratiating smile. He grabbed the spotlight when he made the cut on Friday, thanks to a dramatic eagle putt on the finishing hole for 66, then took over the event Saturday when he posted another 66 and played his way onto the first page of the leaderboard.

Though he predictably faltered in Sunday's final round, he still came away with a top-20 finish and a huge new fan base. He clearly had the time of his life, which made him an underdog that everyone could love. Nobody loves a home-grown hero like Hawaiians. They're mad about Tadd. He drew a huge gallery Sunday and got a nice ovation when he finished with a birdie from the bunker at the 18th hole.

Fujikawa still has high school to finish, possibly followed by college. It was obvious after he qualified for last summer's U.S. Open at Winged Foot that he wasn't going to have any trouble getting a scholarship offer at the college of his choice. If he opts for four years of school, that means we won't be hearing a lot about him on the PGA Tour for a while, although Sony officials should pencil him in for a sponsor's exemption next year. Fujikawa didn't get a free pass this year -- he made it through the qualifier.

Fujikawa stole the show from Goydos, who somehow sneaked past Luke Donald and Charles Howell on the last few holes for his first win since Bay Hill in 1995. He's a good story, too, and also an underdog.