Collin Morikawa is currently inside the top 10 in the world rankings and he has been consistently inside the top 30 on the FedEx Cup points list since the 2019/20 season.
As such, Morikawa is eligible to play in all of the PGA Tour’s Signature Events.
The 29-year-old has enjoyed a great season on the PGA Tour, up until March at least.
Collin Morikawa won for the first time on the PGA Tour since October 2023 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February.
Morikawa has been struggling with a back injury ever since he was forced to withdraw from The Players Championship back in March.
The man from Los Angeles has continued to play regularly for the most part, aside from a four-week break before the Canadian Open this week.
How Collin Morikawa feels about PGA Tour Signature Event fields expanding
Hopefully Morikawa will put his back problems behind him as soon as possible.
The 29-year-old is in the field at the RBC Canadian Open this week, and he spoke to reporters before the start of the tournament.
Morikawa responded when asked what he thinks of Brian Rolapp’s plan to expand Signature Event fields to 120 players from 2028 onwards.
“Yeah, I’ll be honest, I haven’t really been in any of the discussions I’ve kind of been away from that. I’m not on any of the boards or PAC meetings,“ Morikawa admitted.
“I talk to a lot of the guys, but it’s just more for me to get as informed as I can as a player and then the Tour’s great about that.
“Look, I don’t know what to expect in say two years, right, when things are trying to be implemented.
“What I do know is that hopefully it’s all for the betterment of the players and of the fans at the same time. I think when you see 70-man fields it’s great as someone that’s in it. At the same time, if you’re 71, it sucks being outside.
“And I think we love seeing the difference of and the stories that come about of a guy that no one looked at the leaderboard that pops up maybe because he was no one to be looked at until that week.
“So I’m not a part of those discussions, I can’t really talk about it, I wouldn’t know as much as you do at the same time. I think you kind of wait and see.
“At the end of the day, good golf is going to take care of it all. I think as a National Open, the Open idea might be, maybe it’s time to evolve what the idea of an Open is. Just because 120 guys are the best players in the world come out here and try and win the Canadian Open, say the RBC Canadian Open, that’s still meaningful, right?
“Unfortunately, if that takes away from a couple spots, I think it could better the field. We talk about the field here, who knows, maybe you have one of the strongest fields in two, three, four years.
“So there’s a lot of give and there’s a lot of take. I think we have to evolve and I think that’s what we’re doing, but at the same time respect the history of what the Canadian Open was and has been.“
Morikawa comments on the strength of the field at the Canadian Open
Morikawa was asked to comment on the players who have gathered to compete at Osprey Valley this week.
“I think it’s great. I haven’t been back since 2019. This was my first start ever as a pro. It’s nice to be back,“ he said.
“I think looking at the field this week, we’ve got a great field, a few top-10 players in the world, major championship winner in Aaron Rai this year.
“So it’s, I think it’s great to see. I think guys like coming out here and I’ve talked about it with a few guys yesterday. At the end of the day, it’s still a National Open. And I’ve never been able to win one, I would love to win one, just because looking back you can’t take away from that history.
“So watching on TV the last few years, watching the little rink, the little hockey rink area, hopefully we can pull off some good shots this week.“
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