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Collin Morikawa wants to forget his trip abroad.
The two-time great champion, who won the 2021 Open Championship at Royal St. Georges in England, missed the clip on both the Scottish Open and this year’s last major at Royal Portrush.
In a normal golf season, players can fine -tune their games until the end of the regular season to join forces to the Fexex Cup final game – but this year there is undoubtedly an even greater opportunity at hand.
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Team USA player Collin Morikawa responds to his putt on the 17th green during the day two four-ball rounds of the 43. Ryder Cup golf competition on Whistling Straits. (Kyle Terada-usa Today Sports)
Ryder Cup will return to the US this year with the 2025 edition on the way to Bethpage Black in Farmingale, New York. Morikawa has played for Team USA on four occasions – two Ryder Cups and two Presidents Cups. He also participated in the Olympics in 2020 and 2024.
Morikawa, 28, thinks it’s the “greatest honor.”
“Every time you have the red, white and blue on, it’s like nothing else,” Morikawa told Pakinomist Digital in a recent conversation.
“We play such an individual sport – even though we have a team behind us, we are the ones who get all the credit when we play. But when you play for the red, white and blue root for your team, it’s really the greatest honor.
“That’s all you can ask for and when you have the weight you are holding in that week and you represent it, you’ll never lose it. It’s something you want to carry the rest of your life, but at that moment you’ll do everything you can to bring the best golf and man you are.”
Collin Morikawa from Team United States celebrates the 17th green after winning the hole to go 1up and guarantee the half -point needed for the United States to win during Sunday Singles matches in the 43rd Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits on September 26, 2021 in Kohler, Wisconsin. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
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Morikawa has only three finishes in the top-20 or better since the RBC Heritage three months ago. However, he has been on top of the sport before and knows what it takes for a quick turn.
“It’s so interesting. Sometimes you feel like you’re so far away from Great Golf, but you’re actually much closer than you are. It’s a degree here and there, a jump here and there, a break in the first or second round that just changes all week,” Morikawa said. “We play four days, it’s a lot of golf, it’s a lot of time that you just have to dwell on, but it’s just a little thing and you never know what it will be.
“That’s why we wake up every day, keep trying to get better. You have to accept it, and that’s just part of what we do. Yes, the last month hasn’t been what I wanted, but doesn’t mean tomorrow can’t be good doesn’t mean the playoffs won’t be amazing, you just have to keep working and not giving up.”
Morikawa is currently ranking eighth among American-born golfers in the FedEx Cup Points after his trip to the United Kingdom-Top-Sex automatically qualifies for the 12-man team. His recent matches, especially abroad, have no one favors him and he knows.
Collin Morikawa from the American team celebrates with champagne after the team’s 19-9 victory in Sunday Singles matches in the 43rd Ryder Cup on Whistling Straits on September 26, 2021 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. (Keyur Khamar/PGA Tour via Getty Images)
But with the never-giving-up mentality he expressed, he feels that he might be perfectly fine (definitely his veteran presence gives him some bonus points).
“It’s a bit of work to get to the automatic six,” Morikawa said, “but I’m very hopeful of it.”
