Who Is Collin Morikawa's Caddie?

Until April 2025, Collin Morikawa had only ever had one full-time caddie in his pro career - JJ Jakovac. And a look at his record shows why he was so faithful to the former professional golfer.

With Jakovac alongside him, Morikawa won two Majors and multiple PGA Tour titles, while the pair were also together for two editions each of the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup.

It wasn't all plain sailing, though, with Morikawa suffering a dip in form that at one point saw him briefly drop out of the world's top-20 in 2023.

But, eventually, his class started to tell and a sixth PGA Tour title arrived later in the year at the Zozo Championship.

While Morikawa didn't win in 2024, there were further strong showings, including - in his words - finishing top of the "fake leaderboard" of the Tour Championship, even though Scottie Scheffler won the tournament thanks to his six-shot advantage over Morikawa at the start of the event.

Morikawa started strongly in 2025, too, with runner-up at The Sentry and the Arnold Palmer Invitational, so it was a surprise when he and Jakovac parted ways, with Joe Greiner coming in as his immediate full-time replacement.

Later, Morikawa justified the move, explaining on Dan Rapaport's 'Dan On Golf Show': "Firstly, it doesn't take anything away from what JJ and I have done over the last six years, but sometimes things just aren't feeling right.

"I think when people look at it in the macro perspective of 'OK, Collin's playing great, he's contending, he's trying to close out tournaments'. Even at the beginning of the year everything looked very, very good, but sometimes, on the golf course things just don't feel right."

If Morikawa's decision to end his and Jakovac's six-year working relationship raised eyebrows, the American's decision to move away from Max Homa's former looper, Greiner after only five tournaments together was, at first, baffling.

Greiner had been childhood friend, Homa's full-time caddie until the six-time PGA Tour winner opted to make a change following an alarming drop-off in form.

While Homa appointed Bill Harke in a bid to arrest the slide, Greiner began working alongside Justin Thomas on a temporary basis, when his full-time caddie, Matt Minister, sustained a back injury.

The short-term arrangement reaped almost immediate rewards, as Thomas won the RBC Heritage with Greiner's help - his first title in nearly three years. But soon, Minister returned to his regular role, meaning Greiner moved on again, this time to a new full-time post with Morikawa.

But, once again, Greiner was out looking for work less than two months later after Morikawa announced the shock split ahead of the Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club.

Discussing the decision, Morikawa said: "I think people, they're going to be surprised, but the way I put it is 'just because two people are great at what they do doesn't mean they're going to be great together.'

"I think Joe is an amazing caddie, but I think just the way we kind of saw things or just day to day how we kind of went about it, we were just a little bit on a different page. That doesn't mean it's right or wrong, but for me it just didn't feel right.

"I have to explore other options. I knew that coming in. I knew it was going to be a great start and it was going to be a fun thing for me to test out that I knew I put myself in, but at the end of the day you don't know how you're going to be, because we spend more time with them than anyone else in the world honestly.

"I spend more time with them than my wife sometimes. It's a true relationship. Look, I wish JJ and Joe all the best, but for right now it just felt like I needed a fill-in."

In the meantime, Morikawa hired former University of California teammate, K.K. Limbhasut. Morikawa's college friend was forging out a career on the Korn Ferry Tour when he was asked to fill in as a looper and the partnership was only short term as a result.

The two-time Major winner was asked in the days after moving on from Greiner what exactly it is that he wants in his next full-time caddie, with Morikawa explaining: "I mean, there's a lot.

"Like I said, it's a relationship. It's like asking a 20-year-old or 15-year-old what does your future wife look like, right? There's a lot of things you could say, but just because you say it doesn't mean that's actually what comes together.

"It's a partnership, we both give and we both take. For me it's just being able to be comfortable out there trusting them and just having a good time. Like I said, it's hard because everyone's very different. You spend so much time with them that, you know, you learn the ins and outs of someone.

"At the end of the day I have to execute the shots no matter who's on the bag. I fully know that, but it's how do I get very comfortable, free, creative out there playing golf."