Collin Morikawa has feel that can’t be taught, a head that never gets overwrought, and now, a trophy that can’t be bought. He won the PGA Championship in precisely the way we should want players to win majors: With incredible iron play, steady putting, heady course management, and two of the finest shots you will ever see under major-championship pressure.
The first shot came on 14 at TPC Harding Park. Morikawa had mishit his approach, leaving it short – “I had to step on a nine-iron and I just never got a hold of it.” He had a delicate pitch, without much green to work with; he landed it on the green with just the right amount of backspin, and it rolled into the hole for a birdie.