As if winning the 2020 PGA Championship on his debut was not enough, Collin Morikawa did the exact same thing at The 149th Open.
As if winning the 2020 PGA Championship on his debut was not enough, Collin Morikawa did the exact same thing at The 149th Open.
Both wins saw Morikawa produce closing rounds of 64 and 66 respectively for two-stroke victories.
It made him the first player since Bobby Jones in 1926 to win two majors in eight or fewer starts. There were also finishes of joint eighth at the US Open and tied-fourth in his PGA Championship title defence during a meteoric rise to second in the world before the age of 25.
Morikawa has enjoyed four other wins on the PGA Tour, including a World Golf Championship - and two Ryder Cup appearances, winning three times alongside Dustin Johnson at Whistling Straits in 2021.
To complete that dream season, he added the DP World Championship in Dubai and became the first American to top the European Tour money list.
Morikawa won two of his three games on his Presidents Cup debut, and then four out of five in September. He finished runner-up to Scottie Scheffler at the Tour Championship earlier the same month.