The Citizen (Gauteng)

Fujikawa confident over big decision

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– Tadd Fujikawa, the youngest American to make the cut in a US PGA Tour event, is the first openly gay male profession­al golfer, making the revelation in an Instagram post.

The 27-year-old from Honolulu said he had been pondering about going public for some time before telling the world he is gay.

“I thought I didn’t need to come out because it doesn’t matter if anyone knows,” Fujikawa wrote. “But I remember how much others’ 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 or 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 in hopes of being an inspiratio­n and making a difference in someone’s life.”

Fujikawa made the cut in his hometown PGA event, the Sony Open in Hawaii, in 2006 as a 16-year-old amateur. –

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IT LOOKS ALL BLACK FOR THE BOKS
 ??  ?? AND THEY SAY IT’S ONLY A GAME
AND THEY SAY IT’S ONLY A GAME

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