Fresh off winning his first major, Colin Morikawa is getting a lot of comparisons. Including one to arguably the greatest ever in Tiger Woods.
He nearly matched Woods’ record for most consecutive cuts made to start a career. He won only his second major played, picking up the 2020 PGA Championship.
So predict the future. How many majors will this young phenom get? #1 in the world? Give us your thoughts.
But I will say this, he is really good, really good ball striker.
The best thing I think a person can say is, the sky is the limit.
He has a lot of potential for very good things to come.
Similar to my thinking as well.
also predict his name will be misspelled at least 63% of the time. kudos to you for not adding to that total.
They’re HOF’ers.
While Colin is undoubtedly great already… every single year the field gets tougher. Rookie classes are getting stronger and stronger so it’s really tough to win. While I certainly think he will win more, I wouldn’t be shocked if hes still an elite player for 20 years and doesn’t win another.
So , going forward there will be no shortage of young Tour players hitting super long straight drives and playing accurate approach shots all day long. More than ever before Tour golf is now a weekly putting contest.
Colin was a good player. Collin is head and shoulders above Colin.
I agree with the first part of this. Every time a young guy does well he is called the next Tiger, and the guys you mentioned are perfect examples of how they were all the next big thing, and sure some have done well, but not Tiger well.
I think we will see another Tiger one day, I am just not going to jump on the bandwagon that every young talent who wins a major or gets a handful of wins on tour is all of a sudden “Tiger”.
Morikawa ranks 107th in driving distance. It would definitely be "good for the game" if a relatively short hitter started winning lots of Tour events. In recent years the media talking heads have babbled on and on about distance, and that is not a helpful message.
We think are getting another Tiger, then they turn into this…
With that being said, my gut tells me Collin ends up having a fantastic career.
5 wins during the next five years.
If he can start to gain strokes on the greens I think the sky is the limit.
Regardless of how many wins he chalks up, he seems like a genuinely good dude and a great role model for the next generations.