Unlike his breakthrough PGA Tour victory at the 2023 Puerto Rico Open, an opposite-field event, this victory gets the Colombian into the Masters for the first time in his career.
Collin Morikawa secured a popular victory at the Zozo Championship in 2023 when he claimed his sixth career PGA Tour title by six strokes. The 27-year-old, who is ranked fourth in the world, will return to Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Narita, Japan, from tomorrow with the intention to defend his title and end the year on a winning note.
Morikawa snapped his winless streak in his last official tour start of ’23, created tremendous confidence heading into the new year, and cemented his standing as yet another hero in Japan golf.
Collin Morikawa grabbed the early lead in Japan at the Zozo Championship. But it was another golfer who actually thought he was in front briefly – for a funny reason.
Xander Schauffele will make his fifth straight appearance at the Zozo Championship in Japan this week with every intention of completing a famous ‘double’ where he also won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.
As the players sloshed through the rain-delayed Zozo Championship, sticking around for a Monday finish to the first PGA Tour stop held in Japan, they could rest assure that all the effort would be rewarded … financially that is.