Gordonsville, VA – Tadd Fujikawa of Honolulu, HI has played some great golf in his life, with some of it coming on national television. At Spring Creek Golf Club for this week's eGolf Tour Championship, he may just be playing the best golf of his career. A third-round 66 on Friday left Fujikawa with a commanding six-shot lead heading into Saturday's final round of one of the tour's most prestigious events.

On Thursday afternoon, Fujikawa matched the Spring Creek course record with a flawless 8-under 64 to push himself into first place, with a three-shot cushion over Matt Hendrix through two rounds. Entering Friday's third round at 15-under for the event, Fujikawa picked up where he had left off and quickly threatened to take over the entire tournament.

A birdie at the par-4 first would be backed up by birdies at four and five as Fujikawa moved his tournament total to 18-under par. Birdies at the par-3 eighth and the par-5 ninth allowed him to turn at 5-under 31 and 20-under on the week. It was almost the definition of flawless golf. Almost.

"I played pretty darn good on the front nine," said Fujikawa. "I literally could have birdied more holes, but I lipped out on six and seven."

Beware the golfer who shoots 31 and points out the could have, would have and should have of a stellar nine holes. Heading to the back nine, Fujikawa's hot putter would come to a halt as birdie chances missed left and right. A missed 4-foot birdie try at the par-5 12th would set the tone for a frustrating two hours as an attempt at extending his lead would have to wait until the par-5 18th, where a closing birdie would give him a back-nine 35 and a third-round 66.

"I was giving myself chances, but I just didn't make anything on the back nine," said Fujikawa. "All in all, it was a good day though."

Fujikawa's 66 moved him to 21-under on the week. He will carry an astounding six-shot lead over Derek Fathauer of Jensen Beach, FL into Saturday's final round.

Entering the third round, the 5'1" Fujikawa gave some thought to his sizeable lead, but quickly decided it was best to focus more on himself as opposed to his fellow players. Big leads in the 2008 and 2009 Mid-Pacific Open led to victories for Fujikawa in his native Hawaii, but the eGolf Tour Championship would be a different situation all together.

"I thought about it last night and thought about my round and the three-shot lead," he said. "I was thinking about whether or not I should pay attention to what the other guys are doing, but I decided to just try and shoot the best score I can and keep hitting good shots."

That simplicity of mind should serve Fujikawa well with just 18 holes separating him from his first eGolf Tour title. The wins in the "Mid-Pac" Open and star-studded weekends at the PGA TOUR's Sony Open in Hawaii offer experience that can only help on Saturday.

"I'll draw a little bit from each experience," said Fujikawa after his round. "Just knowing that I have a six-shot lead, I'll still need to go really low. The guys out here can really play, so no lead is safe."

With 12 different winners in 13 events thus far in 2010, the eGolf Tour has proven to be the de facto No. 3 tour in the United States. To win on tour means you have held off one of the best fields in golf – a fact not lost on Fujikawa.

"It's tough to win out here. The players are so good, that if you have one ‘okay' round, you're out of it," said Fujikawa, who held a 54-hole lead earlier this season before struggling to a T25 finish. " If you play solid golf all four rounds, you can hopefully come out on top."

The resumes trailing Fujikawa inside the top 10 include three separate years on the PGA TOUR, six United States Walker Cup picks, and over 15 collegiate "All America" selections.

Regardless of the talent behind him, Fujikawa knows that his game can stack up against the best when he is on – case in point his third-round 62 in the 2009 Sony Open.

Matt Hendrix"When I'm hitting it good, I can just fire at every flag. Today was the best I hit it out of all three rounds," Fujikawa said. "If even par is the best I can play tomorrow, I'll take it. But if I go out there and keep doing what I'm doing, I should be fine."

Fujikawa's threat to walk away with the title this week has left an impression on the 50-player Tour Championship field.

"He is the best player I've ever played with," third-round playing partner Matt Hendrix told tour officials. "Every putt goes in and every shot goes dead straight. The ball doesn't move left or right, just straight."

Those are pretty strong words to be spoken by a peer, let alone one with Hendrix's pedigree. A former "All America" selection at Clemson University, Hendrix was joined on the Tiger golf team by 2009 U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover and two-time PGA TOUR winner D.J. Trahan, and played the PGA TOUR full-time himself in 2007. In addition, his 2003 United States Walker Cup teammates included TOUR winners Ryan Moore and Bill Haas.

Hendrix, who posted a third-round 71 alongside Fujikawa on Friday, will enter the final round trailing the leader by eight, but just two shots outside of Fathauer's second-place standing. The Greenville, SC native is still looking for his first eGolf Tour title, but has recorded three career runner-up finishes.

Derek FathauerFor Fathauer, a 15-under total through 54 holes is a sign of an up-and-down 2010 season turning for the better. Playing his first full year on the eGolf Tour, Fathauer's first top-10 didn't come until the Bushnell Championship in June (T5), but it was followed by another top-10 in his next start at the Southern Open (T7). On Friday, that stellar play continued with a round of 8-under 64 that amazingly featured two bogeys.

Fathauer's round of 64 matched Fujikawa's from the day prior and put his name on the course record, alongside Fujikawa and former eGolf Tour player (and current Nationwide Tour player) William McGirt.

Fathauer, 24, played the PGA TOUR full time in 2009 and made 8 of 25 cuts on the year, with his best finish being a T22 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. In the fall of 2007, Fathauer made national headlines when he and his twin brother Daryl received exemptions into the Ginn sur Mer Classic – in turn becoming the first twins to compete in a PGA TOUR event together.

In solo fourth place, nine shots behind Fujikawa, is eGolf Tour leading money winner Jason Kokrak of Warren, OH. Kokrak, who has earned more than $97,000 on tour this year alone, was on pace to possibly join Fujikawa in Saturday's final pairing before a bogey-double bogey stretch on Nos. 14 and 15 stalled his momentum.

The shot of the day came from former UNC Charlotte standout Matt Mincer of Knoxville, TN. Mincer recorded his second career hole-in-one when he aced the downhill par-3 13th with an 8-iron from 162 yards. Mincer's first career hole-in-one came just this past January at his home club in Tennessee. The most amazing fact of his ace on Friday might be that he eagled the par-5 12th prior to his hole-in-one, in turn posting back-to-back eagles.

The fourth and final round of the eGolf Tour Championship will begin at 8:30 AM on Saturday morning, with players competing in twosomes off of Nos. 1 and 10. The tournament is open to the public and free of charge.

• At the conclusion of this week's Tour Championship, the top 20 players on the tour's member earnings money list will have their PGA TOUR Q-School entry paid for by eGolf.