It felt good to make that putt, but obviously I had one more hole to play, there was a lot of points on the board left, and I knew I had business to do on 18. And I hit three good shots and was able to tap in for birdie. Collin Morikawa More Quotes by Collin Morikawa More Quotes From Collin Morikawa He told me that were going to have expectations, were going to have goals that were going to set, and if youre good enough, youre going to get there at some point, i didnt know when that timetable would be. Collin Morikawa sports I think Im ready. This proves that Im ready, to get this first win off my back means a lot. Its going to open just a lot more confidence and doors for me, obviously. Collin Morikawa sports This win means everything to me, and to get into the playoffs is something special. Collin Morikawa sports Obviously the goal coming into this summer was to earn a full card for next year, were almost there. Collin Morikawa sports Last week at my press conference, I said the media loves creating drama. Sure enough, I woke up this morning to everyone thinking I’m next. Not to say I told you so but…I told you so. Collin Morikawa It’s crazy to see and hear all these rumors because that’s what they are, right? i can all read all these things, but everyone tells their kids: Don’t believe what’s on the internet. That’s what we’re doing. That’s exactly what we’re doing right now. Collin Morikawa You just see more guys slowly taking their deep breaths because they understand what The Players means, i think I've understood over the past couple years what it would mean to me hopefully to hoist a trophy one day. Collin Morikawa We never know. Obviously I’m going to have to go make birdies tomorrow, Hideki’s obviously not going to make a bunch of bogeys, but we’ll see where the day ends, we always feel like we’re always within striking distance and just got to get off to a good start. Collin Morikawa I did something in my career that I haven’t done yet, was shank a shot, yeah, shanked a pitching wedge straight in the trees. Collin Morikawa This is a course I come during my off weeks, i’m in a cart, I go and play five holes, 18 holes, 36, whatever it may be. I’m not sure how I’m really going to go into this week just mentally about that, but I have to remember that this is still a tournament. This is the start of a new season and I’ve got to be ready by Thursday just like every other week. Collin Morikawa I might have expected to play better, that my standards were higher just because I’d won a PGA, i was looking at golf a little differently than I should have, and I needed to go back to what I was doing great, what I was doing well to play great golf. Collin Morikawa I went downstairs to look at the TV and you see what happened to Jon and it's awful, he deserved to go out and play really well, and he was 18 under. The rules are rules and you have to follow guidelines. Collin Morikawa I thought about Phil’s win, and it’s not like I’ve seen Phil’s entire career. He won his first event 30 years ago. I’m 24 now. I still consider him as a competitor, he’s trying every day to get better. It’s cool to see someone at 50 like that come out and win because it just gives me hope. It gives me just that passion because I love this game because I love this game and want to play as long as I can. Collin Morikawa Out here with the wind, no matter what it is, you just have to control your golf ball, so it doesn’t matter if you’re 150 yards or you’re 200 yards, you have to be able to know where you’re going to land certain shots, where you’re going to miss them. Collin Morikawa I'm on cloud nine, I don't know about you guys, but yeah, I've believed in Collin Morikawa since day one, any time you're in the conversation of the greats, Jack, Rory, Tiger, no matter who it is, if you're in that conversation, you're doing something well. It doesn't stop here. I've got a very good taste of what this is like, what a major championship is like. Collin Morikawa Next few days I have to hit a few more fairways and we'll be good from there. Collin Morikawa I didn't hit my driver that well but other than that( it was) really good, lot of crosswinds out here. You've got to hit fairways and I didn't do a great job of that today. Collin Morikawa
