GOLFWEEK STAFFThe father of golfer Tadd Fujikawa has been indicted on two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance,
The Honolulu Advertiser reported Sept. 4.
Derrick H. Fujikawa, 44, is free on $50,000 bail until his trial on Oct. 20. He faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the two felony counts, if convicted.
According to a document released Thursday by the prosecutor’s office in Oahu, Hawaii, Derrick Fujikawa distributed one-eighth of an ounce or more of methamphetamine Sept. 24 and Oct. 4 last year.
Honolulu television station KGMB reported the indictment stemmed from
an undercover sting operation. Victor Bakke, Derrick Fujikawa’s lawyer,
told the station his client’s biggest concern is the “shadow that this
might cast on his son and his son’s career.”
Tadd Fujikawa, 17, who turned pro last year, is in Switzerland, playing in the European Masters. In 2006 at the Sony Open in Hawaii, Fujikawa became the second-youngest player to make a PGA Tour cut. In April, he won the Mid-Pacific Open in Hawaii for his first professional victory.
Posted: 9/5/2008
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