Blythewood, SC – Far removed from the media frenzy found at the PGA TOUR's annual Sony Open in Hawaii, Tadd Fujikawa seems to have hit his comfort level on the eGolf Tour. With fewer requests, sponsor obligations and local fans pulling on his time, the Honolulu native has finally been able to march to the beat of his own drummer, and his own schedule. Playing four tournaments in six weeks for the first time in his career, Fujikawa is peaking at this week's Golf in Morocco Classic. Through 36 holes, he is the tournament leader.

The tournament is the fourth of the eGolf Tour's 2010 season, and is being contested this week at Columbia Country Club and Cobblestone Park Golf Club in Blythewood, SC. Fujikawa, who carded a first-round 65 at Columbia on Wednesday, entered Thursday's second round at Cobblestone Park in a tie for the 18-hole lead with Aaron Goldberg of Encinitas, CA.

Starting on the front nine at Cobblestone Park, the 5'1" Hawaiian star notched pars on his first four holes before bursting through with an eagle-birdie stretch on Nos. 5 and 6. A bogey at No. 7 would ease his momentum, but a birdie at the watery par-3 11th would offset the earlier mishap and move him back to 3-under on his round.

Matthew McQuillanAt the uphill par-4 16th, Fujikawa carded his second bogey of the day to fall back to 2-under, but knew he had a reachable par-5 finishing hole still left on the scorecard. A stout tee shot down the right side of the split fairway left him only 195 yards to the pin on the 570-yard closer, and an approach to 8 feet set up a simple eagle that gave him a second-round 67 and a 36-hole total of 11-under 132.

"Yesterday I just played well, I hit the ball well and putted well," Fujikawa said of his opening round at Columbia. "Today wasn't as clean. I made a few mistakes and didn't hit the ball as solidly. Overall I thought I played pretty solid, so hopefully I can keep it going and keep my mistakes to a minimum."

For Fujikawa, fame came early and often. After playing in the 2006 U.S. Open as a 15-year-old teenager, he backed up one eye-opening feat with another at his native Sony Open the following year, where he finished T20 as an amateur.

With the international acclaim came expectations, and with expectations came pressure – especially following a professional debut at the 2007 Reno-Tahoe Open, where he would miss the cut.

Unfortunately, what didn't come were multiple playing opportunities. Spending the majority of time relying on sponsor exemptions and Monday qualifying spots, Fujikawa rarely played in back-to-back weeks. Since his Reno debut in August of 2007, he has played in 10 PGA TOUR events and four Nationwide Tour events, without a whole lot in between. At the advice of his teacher, Sea Island Resort's Todd Anderson, Fujikawa joined the eGolf Tour for 2010 with the hopes of bettering his game through increased tournament experience.

"That's exactly why I decided to play here. It will help me prepare for when I make it on TOUR – well, if I make it on TOUR hopefully," Fujikawa confidently stated before correcting with a laugh. "Getting out here and playing week after week is something I need to learn to do. You learn a lot about your game, yourself, and what you need to improve on. It's good because if you're playing well you can try to keep the momentum going into next week, and hopefully I can do that."

Through four starts in 2010, Fujikawa is four-for-four in cuts made and is one-week removed from his best finish, a T5 at the Cabarrus Classic just north of Charlotte, NC. He is currently 12th on the tour's money list with earnings of $11,660.

Chris BakerWith his mom Lori on the bag each week, Fujikawa has quickly realized that the vast majority of eGolf Tour players are simply a missed putt here or there away from being on the PGA or Nationwide Tours.

"The players out here are very good and you need to play well to win. You just have to do whatever it takes," said Fujikawa, who pointed at improved ball striking as a need over the next two days. "I just have to hit the ball solidly and keep my putter going. If I stay in the process and keep hitting quality shots I should be okay."

Canadian Matt McQuillan and Chris Baker of Brownstown, IN are tied for second, two shots behind Fujikawa at 9-under 134.

McQuillan was the 36-hole leader in the tour's season-opening Palmetto Hall Championship before posting rounds of 75-76 to fall back into a tie for 10th. Thus far in 2010, McQuillan has made all four of his cuts and has two top-20 finishes to his name. The Kingston, Ontario native played college golf at Oklahoma State University and the University of Georgia, and represented his native Canada on the victorious 2001 Four Nations' Cup team.

For Baker, the week in Columbia has been a nice change of pace after missing the first three cuts of the season. One year removed from four top-5 finishes and a 13th-place standing on the tour's season-ending money list, Baker had yet to break par in six rounds carded through three events. Through two rounds at the Golf in Morocco Classic, the former Iowa State Cyclone has 11 birdies and just two bogeys on his card.

Five-time eGolf Tour winner Frank Adams III of Laurinburg, NC sits alone in fourth place with rounds of 67-68—135. Adams, whose brother Russ plays baseball for the New York Mets, has posted at least one eagle in each of his two rounds this week.

The 36-hole cut fell at 1-under 142 with 71 players making it through to the final 36 holes. Friday's third round at Columbia Country Club will begin at 8:20 AM off of Nos. 1 and 10, with players playing in threesomes. The tournament is open to the public and free of charge.

• At the conclusion of this week's event, the top eight members, in order of finish, will be awarded exemptions into the European Challenge Tour's Moroccan Golf Classic – courtesy of Association du Trophée Hassan II de Golf (ATH). The eight players will have their round-trip flight from New York's JFK airport to Casablanca, Morocco paid for, free accommodations at the Pullman El Jadida Resort and Spa, and complimentary entry into the tournament proper, all courtesy of the ATH.