Collin Morikawa reveals why he thinks the PGA Tour youngsters are shining
Collin Morikawa is one of many young talents making a name for themselves on the PGA Tour.
Collin Morikawa has revealed why he believes the young superstars on the PGA Tour are thriving, as he prepares to tee it up at the RBC Heritage this week.
The 24-year-old only turned professional in 2019, but has already claimed four PGA Tour titles, including a major, when he won the PGA Championship last year.
There are a number of young players - Morikawa included - currently on the PGA Tour who burst onto the scene as if they have the experience of a veteran, with the likes of Matthew Wolff, Viktor Hovland and now Will Zalatoris all making a name for themselves on the big stage.
Kevin Kisner, a player with around 10 years of PGA Tour experience, recently said in a press conference ahead of this week's action at Harbour Town Golf Links, that the young players of today are more prepared to win tournaments than they were back in his early days on tour.
When Kisner's comments were mentioned to Morikawa, he revealed that the rising stars of the PGA Tour seem to feed off of each other's success, which generates a sense of belief for those waiting to make their move.
"It's just a sense of belief," Morikawa said. "You go through these college programs and you see guys come out of them and have success on the PGA Tour. You realise that they're kind of carving a path for you to do this, and we're carving paths for everyone, and kids, to realise that it's possible.
"For us, the young guys coming out, we just believe that we can do it. Guys that are my age that haven't gotten to the PGA Tour yet, they see me, they see Wolff, Viktor Hovland, a bunch of young guys come out and have success like what Will Zalatoris is doing, and they see that this is possible, and it's no different than playing golf with your buddies at home.
"It's just on a bigger stage, and sometimes you have to get over that hurdle to really just understand that at the end of the day it is golf."
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Morikawa finished in a tie for 18th at Augusta National last week and although he currently sits 4th in the world rankings, he is searching for more consistency in his game.
"I'd say the state of my game is really good," he added. "I'd say overall as a season it hasn't been as consistent as I wanted. It hasn't been that kind of consistent golf that I thought I would be playing week in and week out, but there's ups and there's downs and we're trying to figure things out.
"Obviously I made a huge putter switch earlier this year in LA with the grip and everything, and everything feels great.
"I think every week I'm learning something. I picked up on a few things from last week that even though that course plays completely different, about my game, about my head, how I go through certain shots. I think we're heading down a really good path.
"Everything feels really good, and those are the weeks that you come out hopefully putting yourself in contention by Sunday."
