On February 28, Morikawa won the 2021 WGC-Workday Championship at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. Morikawa was also the fourth golfer to win the PGA Championship before turning 24 years old. With his win, Morikawa was the third youngest golfer to win the PGA Championship when he won the event at age 23. His final round of 64 tied the lowest final round score shot by a PGA Champion, matching Steve Elkington in the 1995 PGA Championship. On August 9, Morikawa won the 2020 PGA Championship to win a major in only his second major championship start.
Morikawa rallied from a three-shot deficit with three holes remaining, and made a 25-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to stay alive, before winning with a par on the third playoff hole. The win was the first non-alternate PGA Tour victory for him. On July 12, Morikawa beat Justin Thomas in a playoff to win his second PGA Tour title at the Workday Charity Open.
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On June 26, Morikawa missed his first cut on the PGA Tour at the Travelers Championship, ending a streak of 22 consecutive made cuts, the second-longest streak to start a professional career to the 25 made by Tiger Woods. Morikawa missed a short par putt on the first playoff hole to lose to Daniel Berger. This was the first PGA Tour tournament played after a three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 14, Morikawa tied for the lead of the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge after 72 holes. Morikawa then won his first PGA Tour event two weeks later, at the Barracuda Championship – beating Troy Merritt by three points. With that finish, Morikawa secured PGA Tour membership for the 2019–20 season. On July 14, he tied for 4th at John Deere Classic. On July 7, Morikawa tied for second at the 3M Open. Morikawa made his debut as a professional at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, where he tied for 14th place. In May 2018, he spent three weeks as the top-ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He played on the winning Arnold Palmer Cup team in 20, the winning Walker Cup team in 2017 and the Eisenhower Trophy team in 2018 that finished second by one stroke.
Aside from his collegiate wins, he won the Western Junior, Trans-Mississippi Amateur, Sunnehanna Amateur and the Northeast Amateur. Morikawa played collegiate golf at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2015 to 2019, winning five times, including the 2019 Pac-12 Conference Championship. He also became the first American to win the Race to Dubai on the European Tour.
In May 2018, Morikawa spent three weeks as the top-ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Morikawa has five PGA Tour wins – including two major championships, the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 Open Championship, winning both on his debut. He began his PGA Tour career with 22 consecutive made cuts, second only to Tiger Woods' 25-cut streak. Collin Morikawa (born February 6, 1997) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour.
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