American golfer Tadd Fujikawa comes out on Instagram and is reportedly now the first openly gay male professional the sport has ever seen
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- Tadd Fujikawa has come out as gay on Instagram.
- He hopes his post will "inspire" others to be loving and empathetic, as he remembers how other stories helped him in his "darkest times to have hope."
- Fujikawa is the first openly gay male professional golfer his sport has ever seen.
Tadd Fujikawa has come out on Instagram and is reportedly now the first openly gay professional athlete that men's golf has ever seen.
Fujikawa first found sporting fame aged 15, when he became the youngest golfer to qualify for the 2006 US Open — one of the four main major tournaments in the game. He has six tour wins in his career so far, and is currently on the PGA Tour Canada.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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