Collin Morikawa made his return to the PGA Tour winner’s circle with a dramatic win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday.
He was closer to the bottom of the leaderboard than he was to the top midway through, after posting rounds of 69 and 68.
But an impressive weekend at Pebble Beach, where he shot 62 and 67, led him to his seventh career win on tour.
The World Number One put up a good fight in the final round, climbing up with a nine-under-par 63 that included three bogeys.
The way Morikawa struck the ball at Monterey Peninsula last week has sparked talk that he might be back in form.
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Morikawa stayed calm throughout the final round, even after dropping a shot on the 17th that pulled him level with Min Woo Lee. It wasn’t the smoothest finish, but he kept his head.
“I think believing in myself,” Morikawa said when asked what he was most proud of following his win at Pebble Beach.
He also spoke about his past tendency to get ahead of himself after early career wins and how that affected his game:
“I hope so, but I’m going to try and stay as in the moment as I can. I think I look back when I first turned pro and I had some wins, I just looked too far ahead.
There were high hopes for Morikawa after his first four seasons on tour – expectations that might not have been fully met since then. But there are now genuine signs that he’s maturing into a more complete player.
What it was like to play with Collin Morikawa on Pebble Beach’s Final Day
Morikawa teed it up alongside Sepp Straka and Akshay Bhatia for the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Straka, who ended up finishing second, spoke to reporters about what it was like sharing the course with Morikawa.
“His iron play down the stretch, really all day was great, especially the iron shot on 16 was unbelievable. He kind of left himself pretty far back and he hit a six iron in there tight and made a birdie,” he said.
“The one on 18 was a hard enough shot, but he likes to cut it so it makes it even harder with that wind blowing 25, 30 off your left. Yeah, that is a pretty special shot to put it away there.”
“He’s one of the best iron players of our generation probably. His generation. I’m a little older than him. We’ve been out here about the same time. Yeah, it’s very impressive to watch him hit iron shots.”
If Morikawa can now improve his putting and chipping, he could well be Scottie Scheffler’s main challenge on the PGA Tour in 2026.
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