Collin Morikawa shoots 9-under 61 | Round 1 | TOUR Championship | 2023

In the opening round of the 2023 TOUR Championship, Collin Morikawa carded a career-low, bogey-free, 9-under 61. With a 1-under starting score going into the event, Morikawa now sits tied for the lead at 10-under par heading into Friday.


The 2022-23 PGA TOUR season has reached the finale. East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, will host the TOUR Championship with the best players from this season all competing for the PGA TOUR’s ultimate prize. This will be a no-cut event, with the top 30 players beginning on their FedExCup Starting Strokes based on where they are in the FedExCup standings. Scottie Scheffler leads the field at 10-under par this week. He’ll look for redemption after playing the last five holes in 1-over par last week, as Viktor Hovland captured the BMW Championship. Scheffler has been the most consistent player on TOUR this season with 15 top-10 finishes and knows how to deliver on the big stage. Rory McIlroy starts at 7-under this week and will be looking to become the first player to win four FedExCups and the first to defend a FedExCup title. He played well for a T-4 finish last week at the BMW Championship and has three top-10 finishes alongside his three titles at East Lake. Others to look out for are Jon Rahm (6-under), Patrick Cantlay (4-under) and Max Homa (4-under).


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[firefoxx]

That's my favourite golf swing of all time.

[redfox-ffox]

Love watching Morikawa play, hopefully he keeps up this great form for the next few days :)

[Rothydot]

If only he can finish how he starts he’ll be a different monster!

[joefnd]

Oh you better win it Morikawa! Been waiting for you to perform all 4 rounds for 2 years now!!

[Mehlmanmedical]

Why are you cutting out the clips of him actually making birdie putts?

[zackarybaker]

One of the best iron players in the world

[fabianokim]

Mulligawa is my nickname, good round Morikawa!

[berkit]

Set up of course must be easy for the first round

[GEOindustries]

Am I missing something? How can Scheffler be 13 under after 7 holes in the first round?

[christophernorman]

Pink the fairways dot the greens iron-putt combo

[pb]

they've gotta be setting these courses up easier. Way too many super low scores lately. I know "these guys are good"

[rileystone]

why does he start the tournament -1 ???

[ec]

Idiotic handicapping for professionals, all 30 players should be even and no handicapping, ridiculous!

[braydenboyko]

It’s funny that people would be shocked by this, Colin is one of the worst putters on tour period, if he can sink more putts like in this round he would have a chance of winning every week e

[AmazonEnforcer]

Soulless crowd. It's golf, but it could be louder.

[ugon.]

The "Full Swing" Netflix series made Morikawa look like a giant cry baby diva. Totally change the way i look at him.

[rayleeaustralia]

Morikawa was good. Scheffler better. Did you mean Scheffler shot 12 under in one round? That would be a course record

[teejay]

$1k a birdie 😂 What a cheapskate - $9k donation from a millionaire! Probably $7k actually, wouldn’t have counted the eagle.

[TobiasBaker-cb]

I take it the commentators don't like