Collin Morikawa made essentially the most of Shifting Day as he shall be paired with Scottie Scheffler within the remaining grouping for Championship Sunday at The Masters.
Morikawa is the one participant within the subject to shoot underneath par all three days of play. The 2-time main winner is at present the No. 20 participant on the earth however hasn’t completed inside the highest 20 since his T19 on the Genesis Invitational.
In the meantime, the person he’s enjoying with is the most popular golfer on the planet. However enjoying in opposition to Scheffler on Sunday makes no distinction to him.
“Look, Scottie is the No. 1 participant on the earth for a purpose, and what he’s carried out over the previous few years is unbelievable,” Morikawa stated. “However on the finish of the day, it doesn’t scare me.”
The previous Cal-Berkeley golfer is probably not petrified of going up in opposition to Scheffler however is conscious of what it should take to beat him.
“I nonetheless know that at my finest and at what I actually imagine I can do — I noticed somewhat glimpse of that early on right this moment. And simply didn’t hit the pictures I wanted to,” he stated. “Didn’t make the putts on the again 9, or else I’d be even with him or 1-up. It occurs. It’s golf. I’ve received 18 extra holes to determine it out and hopefully, you understand, play some nice golf.”
The 27-year-old burst onto the scene in 2019 and rapidly grew to become referred to as probably the greatest ball strikers on Tour. When he’s performing effectively, Morikawa is difficult to beat. Nonetheless, it’s been some time since we have now seen him at his finest.
Morikawa has been quiet since his 2021 Open title regardless of profitable the ZoZo Championship final October. That match reminded the golf world simply how good he’s. Final 12 months, he had two runner-up finishes, seven top-10s, and 12 top-25s.
A few of his finest golf final 12 months got here on the majors, with a T10 at Augusta, a T26 at Oak Hill for the PGA Championship and a T14 on the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Nation Membership. He missed the minimize at Royal Liverpool for The Open.
The final time he received a serious championship was on the 2021 Open Championship.
Will Morikawa take down Scheffler, who has been practically unbeatable in 2024, and grow to be the most recent to have three of the 4 majors underneath his belt?
He and Scheffler tee off at 2:35 p.m. ET for the ultimate spherical of The Masters Match.
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