Collin Morikawa reflects on his double chip-in at 2022 Genesis Invitational

At last year’s Genesis Invitational, Collin Morikawa led the best of the rest as the field tried to catch eventual winner, Joaquin Niemann, who went wire-to-wire to pick up his second PGA Tour victory at The Riviera Country Club. However, it was Morikawa’s short game magic on Sunday that provided the final round fireworks and ahead of this year’s event he has spoken exclusively to Eurosport about his short game brilliance. Ad Morikawa shot an impressive six-under-par 65 in the final round but a bogey on the par-4 3rd was far from ideal as he was eight shots back of Neimann, who has since defected to LIV Golf.

The Genesis Invitational'I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I could win' — Woods excited about return to golf19 HOURS AGO He battled on but after hitting a pull from the tee on the 7th, Morikawa left himself below the green facing a tricky uphill chip shot. Despite facing a daunting task, the two-time major champion opened up the face of his wedge and let the club slide under the ball perfectly, demonstrating impeccably soft hands and elegance with his shot selection. “Seven came off perfect.

I knew it was going to be very, very good because it came off so spinny and that's how we love to feel these. This one came off exactly on target and pretty much how I wanted,” recalled the 26-year-old. Still buoyed by what he achieved on the 7th, the young American notched another birdie right before the turn and then headed to the par-4 10th.