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Collin Morikawa, professional golfer from the United States, is a PGA Tour player. Additionally, Collin Morikawa plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has won several trophies such as the Arnold Palmer Cup, Walker Cup, Eisenhower Trophy and many more.
Early life
Collin Morikawa was born on February 6, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He is currently 25 years old and has American citizenship. Furthermore, he has the zodiac sign of Aquarius and his ethnicity is South Asian. Furthermore, he is the son of Blaine Morikawa (father) and Debbie Morikawa (mother). He has not revealed information about his brother.
Talking about his academic career, he studied at Liceo La Canada. Later, he enrolled at the University of California, where he began playing college golf.
amateur career
Collin began his amateur career during his college years. He won the Western Junior in 2013. Then, in 2015, he won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur. In 2016, he won the Silicon Valley Amateur and the Sunnehanna Amateur. That same year, he was defeated in the Air Capital Classic by Ollie Schniederjans and JJ Spaun. He won the 2017 ASU Thunderbird Invitational and the Northeast Amateur after one year.
He also won the Arnold Palmer Cup (2017; 2018), the Walker Cup (2017) and the Eisenhower Trophy (2018). More than that, he was the highest-ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Rankings for three weeks in 2018. He also won the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, Querencia Cabo Collegiate and Annual Western Intercollegiate in 2018. He then won the 2019 The Farms Invitational and the Pac-12 Championship. Additionally, he also won the Barracuda Championship with a score of 47 points (13-7-13-14) and finished second behind Troy Merritt of the United States.
Career
Collin Morikawa made his professional debut at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, finishing in a tie for 14th. That same year he finished second at the 3M Open and fourth at the John Deere Classic. He later earned a PGA Tour membership for the 2019-20 season. Two weeks later, he won his first PGA Tour tournament, the Barracuda Championship, by three strokes over Troy Merritt.
After 72 holes at the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge in June 2020, he was tied for first place. The PGA Tour returned to action after a three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he lost to Daniel Berger after missing a very short par putt on the opening playoff hole. On August 9, 2020, he won the 2020 PGA Championship, his first major tournament victory in only his second major championship appearance. His final-round score of 64 tied the lowest final-round score by a PGA Champion, matching Steve Elkington’s performance in the 1995 PGA Championship.
2021 to present
He won the 2021 WGC-Workday Championship on February 28 at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. Additionally, he defeated Billy Horschel, Viktor Hovland and Brooks Koepka by three strokes. He won the 2021 Open Championship on July 18 at Royal St George’s Golf Club in Kent, England. Additionally, he defeated Jordan Spieth by two strokes. Collin became the first player since Bobby Jones in 1926 to win two major championships in just eight starts. Furthermore, he also became the first player in history to win two majors in his first appearance.
Caption: Collin Morikawa with his US team at the World Amateur Team Championship (Source: Instagram)
He finished in a tie for third place at the Olympics in August. Additionally, he was eliminated in a seven-man playoff for the bronze medal. In November he won the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, concluding the European Tour season. He also made history by being the first American to win the Race to Dubai. In February 2022, he shot a final-round 65 at the Genesis Invitational to finish tied for second; Two shots from Joaquín Niemann.
Net worth 2023
Subtitle: Collin Morikawa with his trophy (Source: Instagram)
Collin has five victories on the PGA Tour, including two major championships, the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 Open Championship, both of which he won in his debut. Looking at his success, we can assume that more awards and trophies await him in the coming years.
Talking about his net worth, his net worth is estimated to be around $1 million but he has not revealed his income or salary yet.
civil status
He is not married yet. However, he is in a relationship with his girlfriend, Katherine Zhu. Katherin is also a golfer and his father, Mike Chu, was a tennis champion. Apart from that, there is no news about his marriage.
For the moment, the professional golfer is not part of controversies or rumors and is focused on his career.
Collin Morikawa – Body Measurements
Caption: Collin Morikawa’s body measurement (Source: Instagram)
Collin Morikawa is around 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs around 77 kg. More than that, she has black hair with dark brown eyes and there are no more details about the other body measurements of him.
Collin Morikawa – Social Networks
On his Instagram page, he has more than 453,000 followers. Likewise, he has more than 155.2k followers on Twitter and is not active on Facebook.
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