Collin Morikawa preaching survival ahead of ‘grind’ of FedExCup Playoffs | Golf Today | Golf Channel

On the heels of two missed cuts entering the FedExCup Playoffs, Collin Morikawa assesses the state of his game and discusses how he is staying fresh ahead of the upcoming “grind” to finish the season. #NBCSports #PGATour #FedExCup
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Collin Morikawa preaching survival ahead of ‘grind’ of FedExCup Playoffs | Golf Today | Golf Channel
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BERGER, NUMBER 30, SUDDENLY CROWNED FEDEX CUP CHAMPION WITHOUT A WIN. RUNNER-UP TO SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER LAST YEAR. COLLIN MORIKAWA. 16 STARTS THIS YEAR. NO VICTORIES. MORE ON COLLIN MORIKAWA AND HIS CURRENT STATE OF THE GAME. TODD FROM TPC SOUTHWIND. >> YEAH. YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT. HE DID MAKE A STRONG FEDEX CUP PLAYOFF RUN LAST SEASON FINISHING SECOND BEHIND SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER. ACTUALLY HAD EAST LAKE HE HAD THE LOW 72 HOLE SCORE THAT ACTUALLY COUNTED AS A WIN FOR COLLIN MORIKAWA ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL WORLD GOLF RANKING. BECAUSE OF THE STAGGERED START HE FINISHED SECOND BEHIND SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER AND THE ACTUAL TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN LESS FEDEX CUP. WE HAVE SEEN SOME MOMENTS OF FRUSTRATION FOR COLLIN MORIKAWA. HE HAS BEEN SOLID, BUT HE HAS ALSO GONE THROUGH FOUR CADDIES NOW. IN HIS LAST TWO TARTS, MISSED CUT MISSED CUT. ASKING TO SUMMARIZE HIS ATTITUDE HEADING INTO THE FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS. >> A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. I THINK IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU ARE AT IN THE RANKINGS. YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT IT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. WHERE I AM AT YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU SURVIVED. YOU HAVE TO KIND OF CHUNK THEM UP. LOOK, WE ARE AT ST. JUDE’S — FEDEX ST. JUDE CLASSIC. YOU’VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT. HOW DO YOU SURVIVE FROM 15 TO 30 AND ULTIMATELY GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO WIN THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP? >> A THREE-WEEK STRETCH FOR YOU GUYS. >> IT HAS BEEN A GRIND. ONCE WE HIT ROUGHLY THE PLAYERS AND THAT RULES INTO THE MASTERS AND THAT ROSE INTO PGA, IT KIND OF GOES FORWARD. IT IS ALL A GRIND. THE MONTHS BECOME VERY CONDENSED. YOU ARE PUTTING SO MUCH TIME INTO THAT. YOU WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF THAT. FOR THE PLAYOFFS, IT GOES BY VERY QUICKLY. EVERY SHOT MATTERS. IT COMES DOWN TO POINTS. COMES DOWN TO A HALF SHOT OR A SHOT OUT THERE. YOU JUST CANNOT BE WILLING TO GIVE OUT ANY OF THAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU DO WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE END. >> WHAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE MENTALLY FRESH FOR THIS GRIND? >> NOTHING SPECIAL. WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. WE HAVE PLAYED THREE WEEKS. WE HAVE PLAYED THREE HARD WEEKS BEFORE. I THINK IT IS JUST MAKING SURE YOU DO THE RIGHT THINGS IN THE PREP FOR THIS WEEK COULD BE A HOT WEEK. THE NEXT THREE WEEKS COULD BE VERY HOT. HUMID. SWEATING A LOT. KNOWING YOU’VE GOT TO DO THE RIGHT STEPS. WITH YOUR PRACTICE. GET OUT. RELAX. YOU ARE SET. >> I KNOW THE FEDEX CUP IS A MAJOR MOTIVATION. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER MAJOR MOTIVATION NEXT MONTH. THAT IS THE RYDER CUP. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE THAT YOU SHOULD BE BACK ON THAT TEAM? >> LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, GREAT GOLF TAKES CARE OF ITSELF. I HAVE ADE IT HARDER ON MYSELF, BUT I FEEL LIKE I BRING SOMETHING TO THAT TEAM HOPEFULLY NO ONE ELSE CAN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, GOOD GOLF TAKES CARE OF A LOT. SO DEPENDING ON WHERE I PUT MY FOCUS, OBVIOUSLY A HUGE GOAL IS TO MAKE THAT TEAM. I WANT TO BE REPRESENTING THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. LIKE I SAID, NO OTHER FEELING LIKE IT. THERE REALLY ISN’T. WEARING YOUR COLORS. I’VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO. FOR ME, IT IS PROVING TO MYSELF THAT I KNOW I’M THE GOLFER THAT I KNOW I CAN BE. SO I’M GETTING BACK TO THAT. GAME IS FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER. HOPEFULLY WE PUT IT TOGETHER FOR THREE WEEKS. >> WISH YOU THE BEST. >> A CALM BUT HUNGRY ATTITUDE FOR COLLIN MORIKAWA AS HE ENTERS THE FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS. HE IS THINKING ABOUT THE RYDER CUP. HIS MAIN FOCUS IS PLANNING WELL EACH AND EVERY TOURNAMENT IN THIS PLAYOFF SYSTEM, BUT IT IS ALSO MAKING SURE HE CAN ENSURE HIMSELF A SPOT ON THE U.S. RYDER CUP TEAM. I WOULD SAY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IT IS JUST ABOUT A CERTAINTY HE WAS GOING TO BE ON THE TEAM GIVEN THAT HIS BALL STRIKING — CURRENTLY EIGHTH IN THE STANDINGS. TWO MISSED CUTS IN BIG TOURNAMENTS INCLUDING ROYAL PORTRUSH OPEN. MAYBE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF DOUBT. LIKELY HE IS GOING TO BE THAT TEAM. BUT IT S NOT AN ABSOLUTE. HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PROVE SOMETHING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. >> FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS. RYDER CUP PLAYOFFS. CERTAINLY LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR. APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT. WHAT DO YOU THINK HERE? >> THIS IS A PLAYER WHO I THINK AS TAYLOR MENTIONED WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOCK OVER THE SEASON. A REALLY STRONG SWING. STATISTICS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD. WOULD KEEGAN BRADLEY POSSIBLY A PLAYER OF COLLIN MORIKAWA’S ILK WHO IS CURRENTLY SCUFFING A LITTLE BIT? >> IT WOULD BE A HECK OF A CHOICE IF KEEGAN PICKED HIMSELF OVER THE GUY RANKED NUMBER SIX IN THE WORLD. IN A WAY, THAT IS THE PROBLEM KEEGAN FACES RIGHT NOW. THE MORE GUYS WHO PLAY WELL AND PUT THEMSELVES INTO THE CONVERSATION — THAT TOP SIX. CAMERON YOUNG BEING AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. A GUY LIKE JT. A PROVEN TEAM PLAYER. ARGUABLY THE BEST PLAYER IN ROME A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. OBVIOUSLY COLLIN MORIKAWA. ALL OF THOSE GUYS HAVE A LOT OF STATURE. PUT THEMSELVES IN THE MIX FOR A RYDER CUP PICK. IT MAKES THEM ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT FOR KEEGAN TO MAKE A DECISION EVEN IF HE IS PLAYING WELL. EVEN IF HE IS TOTALLY JUSTIFIABLE AS A PIC HIMSELF. MAKES THAT DECISION A LOT MORE LOADED. MIX THE BLOWBACK A LOT MORE PREDICTABLE. INEVITABLE, PARTICULARLY IF HE DOESN’T DELIVER INSIDE THE ROPES AT BETHPAGE BLACK. THAT ADDS TO THE POTENTIAL PRESSURE ON HIM. AGAIN AS A EUROPEAN I WOULDN’T NECESSARILY OBJECT TO SEEING THAT HAPPEN. MORIKAWA IS AN INTRIGUING CASE BECAUSE HE HAS ONLY HAD FOUR TOP 10 FINISHES THIS YEAR. NORMALLY GOOD FOR TWICE THAT IN THE LAST FEW SEASONS. HE HAS NOT WON IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE SAW HIS LITTLE WITH THE MEDIA AFTER HE DECLINED TO SPEAK AFTER LOSING THAT SUNDAY AT BAY HILL. THE ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL. I DON’T THINK IT IS A KNOCK ON HIM AT ALL. YOU ARE NUMBER SIX IN THE WORLD WITHOUT HAVING WON MUCH IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. HE HAS WON BASICALLY ONE TOURNAMENT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS SINCE THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT IS TO ME A TESTAMENT TO THE KIND OF CONSISTENCY THAT COLLIN MORIKAWA BRINGS TO THE TOURNAMENT. NOT GOING TO BE THE LONGEST. NOT NECESSARILY THE STRONGEST GUY ON THE GREENS. CERTAINLY MADE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT. >> CERTAINLY A POINT OF EMPHASIS, PARTICULARLY FOR COLLIN MORIKAWA, WHO REALLY STRUGGLED AT ROYAL PORTRUSH. HITTING IRON AFTER IRON AFTER IRON. TRYING TO GET THAT PART OF THE GAME. ONE OF THE MOST ACCURATE PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR. PROXIMITY AS A WHOLE IS NOT A SHARP AS IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN IN HIS CAREER HE IS REALLY JUST GOING TO STRUGGLE. VERY STREAKY PUTTER AS HE HAS BEEN FOR THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER. I ALWAYS CHUCKLE AT THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO CROWN THESE GUYS ALL WE HAVE TO KICK THESE GUYS OUT. THERE IS A REASON, EAMOM, THEY DON’T MAKE THESE PICS UNTIL AFTER THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP. THREE MORE WEEKS OF HIGH- PRESSURE BIG TOURNAMENTS AGAINST THE VERY BEST PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR. THERE WAS THIS RUSH TO PUT KEEGAN ON THE TEAM AT THE TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP. A RUSH TO PUT CHRIS COTTER UP ON THE TEAM AFTER WHAT HE DID ACROSS THE POND. WE STILL HAVE TIME FOR COLLIN MORIKAWA. IF I’M KEEGAN BRADLEY AND I’M IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL PLAYERS I WOULD WANT TO HAVE ON MY TEAM, I AM PUTTING FAITH IN COLLIN MORIKAWA FINDING SOMETHING OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO BE PLAYING YOUR BEST RIGHT NOW . YOU ARE TRYING TO PROJECT AND FORECAST HE WAS GOING TO BE PLAYING THE BEST IN A MONTH AND A HALF TIME. I STILL THINK COLLIN MORIKAWA’S SKILL SET CAN BE VERY COMPLEMENT HER INTO SOME OF THE OTHER PLAYERS ON THE U.S. TEAM. >> YOU ARE OFFERING THAT COLLIN MORIKAWA’S SKULL SET HAVING WON NEW YORK STATE OPEN AT