WATCH: Morikawa's Stunning Eagle En-Route To PGA Championship Win
Shot of the year? Morikawa's eagle on the 16th sealed his maiden Major title
Shot of the year? Morikawa's eagle on the 16th sealed his maiden Major title
WATCH: Morikawa's Stunning Eagle En-Route To PGA Championship Win
Collin Morikawa made a sensational eagle at TPC Harding Park's drivable 16th to win the PGA Championship.
In what will surely go down as shot of the year, the American hit a drive to inside 10ft and converted the putt to surge ahead.
The leaderboard was tightly-packed with quality players and it was Morikawa who produced the shots to win during the pressure moments and no shot was more clutch than his tee shot on 16.
WATCH: Morikawa's Stunning Eagle En-Route To PGA Championship Win -
The 23-year-old shot a 64, the lowest final round by a PGA Championship winner, to finish at 13 under par.
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He ended the week two clear of Paul Casey and 54-hole leader Dustin Johnson.
Related: Collin Morikawa What's in the bag?
Morikawa has won three times in 27 starts and missed just one cut in what has been an incredible start to his professional career.
He is set to move to 5th in the world.
Related: PGA Championship Leaderboard 2020
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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