Collin Morikawa, the first of five American players to follow Jon Rahm at World Golf Ranking, he proposes to dethrone the Spanish this same week at the Kapalua (Hawaii) Tournament of Champions.
“To be the world number one it’s my dream since I started playing golf ”, he assured at the press conference prior to the event.
But the North American is not satisfied with reaching the first position, but aspires to occupy it for a long time. “I have the opportunity to achieve it this week, fate is in my hands. All I can do is win the tournament and I’m focused on that, ”he said.
Morikawa, with two “greats” in his record (PGA championship in 2020 and US Open in 2021) at 23 years old, he has not dropped from the Top-10 in the last four tournaments and last November
won the Dubai Race.
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Reaching number one is part, for Morikawa, of an ongoing process. “I can’t imagine reaching world number one as a final goal and then retiring and resting on the beach. I have many other motivational themes that lead me to fight for victory every week ”, warned who needs to win the tournament and for Rahm to finish below second place to achieve his mission.
This Thursday in the first round of the tournament, Jon Rahm, who returned to activity after almost three months without playing an official tournament and participating for the fifth time In this contest, he finished better located than Morikawa, but not by much distance, since while the Spanish is tied for second place with a total of 66 shots, seven under par, the American is placed in eighth place with 68 hits. , that is to say five under par.
Australian Cameron Smith march as leader so far, after having delivered a card of 65 strokes, eight under par on the first day.
The fight for the first place in the Ranking continues this Friday With the second day of the tournament that distributes 8.2 million dollars in prizes, more than one million for the winner, 500 points from the FedexCup, and that concludes next Sunday.
With information from EFE
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