Talk about rock and roll.

Tadd Fujikawa, Hawai'i's brightest new star in golf, is on a roll. Now we have these girls who rock visiting us.

The LPGA is here to start the 2007 season with the SBS Open at Turtle Bay starting today and the Fields Open in Hawai'i next week at the Ko Olina Resort.

So we can put "Tadd Mania" on hold until he tees it up again.

All but one of the top 25 LPGA money winners from last year are here for both events, including player of the year Lorena Ochoa. Karrie Webb and Julieta Granada, who hit the $1 million jackpot in the inaugural ADT Championship, are also here.

Only Annika Sorenstam is not here. But, then, she's not on the cover page of the 2007 LPGA media guide, either. She was bumped by Seon Hwa Lee, the 2006 rookie of the year, who got the cover honors along with Ochoa and Granada.

Lee is one of 30 South Korean natives on the LPGA Tour here for both events. That's not counting four golfers of Korean ancestry who were born elsewhere — Christina Kim and Irene Cho (California), Sara Lee (England) and Angela Park (Brazil).

Ochoa, a six-time winner in 2006, has to be the tournament favorite at Turtle Bay and Ko Olina. She finished second and tied for fourth, respectively, in both events last year.

But with so many Koreans entered, you can't go wrong with going with one of them to win. Joo Mi Kim and Meena Lee made it a Korean sweep in successive weeks here last year.

To be more specific, the odds are good it could be someone named Kim.

Of the 11 Kims on the 2007 LPGA roster, eight are here — Joo Mi Kim, Birdie Kim, Christina Kim, Mi Hyun Kim, Na Ri Kim, Young Kim, In-Kyung Kim and Song-Hee Kim, a five-time winner on the Futures Tour last year and the odds-on choice to win rookie-of-the-year honors this season.

There's also another Kim in the field, Kimberly Kim, the reigning U.S. Women's Amateur champion. The 15-year-old Hilo native got a special exemption from the LPGA for the two tournaments in her home state.

As Kim said earlier, she "wants to be just like Tadd" in the two LPGA events. She will certainly command the attention of the local golf fans, and nationally, if she does well.

The LPGA was criticized for tweaking the rules to get her into both tournaments here because Kim has been living in Arizona since last spring.

"I still feel Hawai'i is my home. But I'm honored and lucky to get an exemption no matter what," Kim said.

Anyway, to use her favorite word after becoming the youngest champion in the 106-year history of the U.S. Women's Amateur last year, "Whatever."

The end result is that she is playing and hoping to do her best.

If anything, she will have the most local knowledge of the Palmer Course than any other player in the field. She has been practicing there daily for nearly two weeks.

However, there's a change in plans regarding her caddie. Originally, Soo Young Kim had brought in Frank Nau, who caddied for his daughter when she won the Women's Amateur. Instead, Kent Chase, who runs a golf academy in the Phoenix area and is Kim's swing coach, will be toting the bag this week.

Kim will be joined by Monday qualifier Taylore Karle, 16, of Scottsdale, Ariz., as the only two amateurs in the 138-player field.

"I've played with her for the last couple of years. She's one of the top AJGA players," said Kim, who's looking forward to playing in her first LPGA event.

Kim also has been invited, along with Michelle Wie, to play in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LPGA's first major of the year, next month.