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India’s Shubhankar Sharma, the youngest competitor in the field, takes a two-shot lead into the final round of the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship. Four players – American Phil Mickelson, England’s Tyrrell Hatton and the Spanish duo of Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera Bello – are the closest pursuers to the 21-year-old Sharma, who is at 13 under entering Sunday’s decisive round at Club de Golf Chapultepec. PGATOUR.COM’s Live Blog includes updates, highlights and commentary from our on-site team at Chapultepec, the highest elevated course on the PGA TOUR at more than 7,600 feet above sea level. Check out the Twitter feed below for complete coverage.
Tiger Woods walked off the 18th green as a Masters champion for the fifth time, a major champion for the 15th time, and the sensation was unlike anything he had ever felt. ”That’s going to be in people’s minds forever,” Rickie Fowler said last month, just two days before the Masters was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Woods set 20 records that signaled the arrival of a brand of dominance never seen in golf.
Tadd Fujikawa, who as a 16-year-old amateur made the cut at the 2007 Sony Open in Hawaii, announced on his Instagram account this week that he is gay. He is believed to be the first openly gay male professional golfer. Fujikawa wrote that he decided to make the announcement “in hopes of being an inspiration and making a difference in someone’s life.â€� “I thought that I didn’t need to come out because it doesn’t matter if anyone knows,â€� he wrote. “But I remember how much other’s stories have helped me in my darkest times to have hope. I spent way too long pretending, hiding, and hating who I was. I was always afraid of what others would think/say. I’ve struggled with my mental health for many years because of that and it put me in a really bad place. Now I’m standing up for myself and the rest of the LGBTQ community.â€� In 2006, Fujikawa played in the U.S. Open as a 15-year-old. He made the cut the following year at the Sony Open in his native Hawaii, turning 16 the Monday of tournament week. He is the third-youngest player to make a PGA TOUR cut, trailing only Tianlang Guan and Bob Panasik. Fujikawa finished T20 after shooting consecutive 66s in the second and third rounds. He turned pro later that year. Fujikawa also contended in the 2009 Sony Open after shooting a third-round 62. He started the final round in sixth place before shooting 73 to finish T32. He also finished T19 at the 2012 Sony Open. He has competed in 15 PGA TOUR events, most recently in 2017 after he Monday qualified for the Sony Open. He last competed in a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event in 2017, playing five times on the Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada. Fujikawa wrote last October about his struggles with anxiety and depression. He won the Hawaii State Open two months later, his first professional victory in seven years. “Honestly never thought this day would come again,â€� he wrote. “(Thank you) to everyone who has supported me and helped me to keep going when I was at my lowest. I am forever grateful.â€�
