'For Me It Just Didn't Feel Right' - Collin Morikawa Explains Reason Behind Latest Caddie Split

Collin Morikawa had nothing but praise for his now former caddie Joe Greiner, explaining that the split was down to the fact that "it just didn't feel right" in their partnership

Collin Morikawa with caddie KK Limbhasut at the Rocket Classic
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After another caddie split, Caddie Morikawa explained why he'd parted company with Joe Greiner after just five events together.

The 28-year-old will have his former college teammate KK Limbhasut on his bag for the Rocket Classic in Detroit this week.

The World No.5 split from his long-time caddie JJ Jakovac in April, and replaced him with Max Homa's former bagman Greiner ahead of the Truist Championship.

However, the new pairing lasted just five events as Morikawa and Greiner went their separate ways on the eve of the Rocket Classic - where the two-time Major winner explained that the chemistry was just not right.

"Just because two people are great at what they do doesn't mean we're going to be great together," said Morikawa.

"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."

Limbhasut has played nine times on the Korn Ferry Tour this year, but did not make the field for this week's event so was able to step in and help Morikawa out at Detroit Golf Club.

"I appreciate him doing that and we're going to go out and have a blast," said Morikawa, who does not have another permanent caddie in mind just yet.

And with The Open Championship and then Ryder Cup coming up this year, finding a new full-time looper is now a big priority for Morikawa.

"It's a process that I'm going through," he added. "We'll find out when the time comes and I will let everyone know."

Morikawa is a six-time winner on the PGA Tour but hasn't tasted a tournament victory since the Zozo Championship in October 2023 - and may feel finding the right caddie could be key to ending that long drought.

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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website.  Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush. 

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