Colin Morikawa’s Anticipated Impact at the President’s Cup
Collin Morikawa was once again runner-up to Scottie Scheffler in the last round of a tournament during the PGA Tour season. This time, it occurred during the Tour Championship where World No.1 effortlessly won his first-ever FedEx Cup title.
However, Morikawa can find solace in the fact that he secured the top position on the Official World Golf Ranking leaderboard for his performance at East Lake even though he had previously been a runner-up to Scheffler at the Memorial Tournament.
The reason for this is the scoring system utilized in the Tour Championship, which gave Scheffler a two-shot advantage at the start while Morikawa lagged six shots behind.
Morikawa fell four shots short of Scheffler in his pursuit for the FedEx Cup championship, yet he surpassed him by two strokes over the course of four rounds. Meanwhile, SahithTheegala concluded only one stroke behind Morikawa.
After the event, the two-time Major winner acknowledged that he took solace in knowing that if starting strokes had not been a factor, he would have emerged victorious in the tournament.
He commented that it was pleasant and acknowledged that the objective of the week was to dominate on a fictitious leaderboard to observe how events would unfold. However, Scottie’s position as second or third on this board didn’t contribute positively towards his situation.
division. Regardless, Morikawa maintained his sense of humor and later quipped in an Instagram post: “I registered for the gross category but forgot about the net division.”
