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On Sunday, during the final round of the Masters, a female fan in the gallery was noticed standing behind Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka at the 16th tee box.
The fan, Texas Tech cheerleader Aaliyah Kikumoto from Denver, was at Augusta National with her dad Charles when someone on TikTok decided to upload a video of her in the crowd.
Yes, enjoying easter at the masters with my TTU pom squad hat on. Our daughter Aaliyah has the green masters hat on and goes to Tech. Wreck em! pic.twitter.com/5nq99dTi06
— Charles Kikumoto (@CharlesKikumoto) April 10, 2023
That TikTok video has now been viewed over 3.5 million times.
@double.bogey this made the masters 10 times better #masters #golf #golfgirls #golftiktok #masters2023 #augusta ♬ original sound – lucia <3
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Aaliyah Kikumoto’s mom A.J. was very excited to see her daughter (and husband) go viral on social media.
Check out the TikTok that went viral last night. https://t.co/8t5Bsq7XWJ
— AJ Kikumoto (@DivaFiberLash) April 10, 2023
YAY!!! Repping Texas Tech!!! Go TTU Poms!!!! So proud of my hubby @CharlesKikumoto and TTU Poms daughter Aaliyah!!!!
— AJ Kikumoto (@DivaFiberLash) April 10, 2023
Here is a good shot of both. Aaliyah is in the green hat. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/SYu0Q3Ns6B
— AJ Kikumoto (@DivaFiberLash) April 10, 2023
Shortly after going viral, Aaliyah Kikumoto took to TikTok to acknowledge all of her newfound fans.
Even the TikTok account for NASCAR’s Charlotte Motor Speedway commented on her video, “Oh hey Masters girl.”
Not one to rest on her laurels (what exactly is a laurel, and why would anyone rest of one?), Aaliyah Kikumoto later posted a series of photos of herself wearing a white mini-dress and a green Masters cap to her Instagram account with the description, “Thank you Ho. 16 #themastersgirl #themasters.”
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“You were in so many group chats on Sunday,” a fan commented.
“NIL gonna be zoomin in after this one” and “Get this girl an NIL deal,” a couple of fans wrote, to which Aaliyah replied to both, “frr.”
“Dying at the fact this is what got u viral,” someone else commented, while another, probably a friend, wrote, “I’m still dead at this.”
“Same” and “So am I,” she replied to each person.
Several other people, who also appear to know Aaliyah Kikumoto personally also left funny quotes, leading to more responses from the now famous Masters fan.
“Whose [sic] here from TikTok?” someone else asked in the comments.
“Why didn’t you try to get an autograph?” someone on TikTok asked her, to which she replied, “Jordan Spieth gave me knucks.”
What a week she’s had.