“Drawing the ball 101” – Collin Morikawa trolls himself after ‘free falling (literally)’ during a shot
Collin Morikawa has returned as the defending champion at the Zozo Championship, which will take place at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club from October 23 to 27. The golfer played the first round of the PGA Tour event on Wednesday and literally fell while taking one of his shots in the round.
The PGA Tour's Instagram page uploaded a video where Morikawa could be seen taking a shot from a sand bunker. After he took the shot, the golfer fell to the ground. Later, Morikawa reposted it on his Instagram story with a pun-intended caption:
“Drawing the ball 101, class is in session.”
In the next story, Morikawa reposted a collage of two pictures that were initially posted by the PGA Tour on Instagram. They captioned it:
“Free Falling ( literally).”
Collin Morikawa fired two birdies on the front nine of the first round and had two birdies on the back nine to finish at 69. The round also saw a bogey and a double bogey and currently, Morikawa is in T35.
He's six shots behind Taylor Moore, who is leading the Zozo Championship with 7 under. Eric Cole is tied for second place with 6 under and Kevin Yu is tied for fifth place with 5 under.
How was Collin Morikawa’s 2024 year so far?
Morikawa has eight top-ten finishes throughout the 2024 season. His best finishes were runner-ups at the Memorial Tournament and the Tour Championship. Apart from these, he secured a T3 at the Masters Tournament, a T4 at the Charles Schwab Challenge, a T5 at the Sentry Tournament, and others.
Here's the entire list of his performances in the 2024 season so far:
2024 OLY Golf(M) events
- Olympic Men's Golf Competition: T24, 6 under 278
2024 PGA Tour tournaments
- The Sentry: T5, 25 under 267
- Farmers Insurance Open: Missed cut
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T14, 10 under 206
- The Genesis Invitational: T19, 6 under 278
- Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. by Mastercard: Missed cut
- THE PLAYERS Championship: T45, 4 under 284
- Valero Texas Open: T75, 5 over 293
- Masters Tournament: T3, 4 under 284
- RBC Heritage: T9, 13 under 271
- Wells Fargo Championship: T16, 1 under 283
- PGA Championship: T4, 15 under 269
- Charles Schwab Challenge: T4, 8 under 272
- The Memorial Tournament pres. by Workday: T2, 7 under 281
- U.S. Open: T14, 2 over 282
- Travelers Championship: T13, 16 under 264
- Genesis Scottish Open: T4, 14 under 266
- The Open: T16, 2 over 286
- FedEx St. Jude Championship: T22, 6 under 274
- BMW Championship: T28, 1 under 287
- TOUR Championship: T2, 26 under 262
- ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP: T35, 1 under 69