BRADENTON, Fla. – Playing like that was the best way to honor Tiger Woods.
That’s what Collin Morikawa did on Sunday in winning the Confederation Golf Club World-Working Day Golf Championship. After entering the clubhouse and losing more than half his lead on the inside nine in the third round, the reigning PGA champion gathered himself overnight, staying in offensive mode. and was a steady force in the final round to win by 3 blows against the strongest. the season of the season and on a course full of dangers.
Like Woods, who managed finals as he has won 56 of 60 PGA Tour events while retaining at least a portion of the lead after 54 holes, Morikawa did not make the 2-shot win, His 54-hole in winning his first WGC title. Joining Woods as the only players to win a WGC main title and title before turning 25, Morikawa closed with a 3-under-par 69 to finish at 18 under.
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“What a week,” said Morikawa, 24, who made 27 birdies in his fourth PGA Tour title. “I’ve been working on so much in the last two weeks. And no matter what a person says, sleep is stressed on lead, his nerves are.
“But I was excited to get back in controversy, to win a chance. I haven’t had it for a while, but this is what we love to do, we love to win. ”
Viktor Hovland, who scored a four-legged bogey 8 on his last hole in the second round, fired 67 to finish in a second-place tie with Brooks Koepka, who shot 70 and injured his neck during the week. , and Billy Horschel (70).
Scottie Scheffler (68) was shot back in the fifth. Another blow back was Rory McIlroy (71), Louis Oosthuizen (69) and Webb Simpson (72).
In his successful interview on the 18thth green, Morikawa talked about Woods and then fled after it emerged he lost his grandfather, Toshio, a month ago.
“Tiger means everything to me,” Morikawa said. “And yes, he had the accident and thankfully he is fine and I hope he recovers quickly, but I don’t think we say thank you enough. So I want to thank Tiger, because sometimes you lose people too early. I lost my grandfather about a month ago. And you don’t have to thank them enough.
“Thank you, lads.”
Somehow or in fashion, about 20 percent of the field in which 47 of the top 50 players in the world showed their support in the final round for Woods, who was involved in a horrific crash one vehicle on Tuesday and is recovering from a hospital in Los Angeles after several examinations of his right leg, ankle, and leg.
Horschel had carved a “TW” on his cap while Matt Kuchar, Jason Day and Bryson DeChambeau played with golf balls stamped with “TIGER.”