You ought to know the kid, now that he's got his mitts on the Claret Jug. His name is Collin Morikawa. In the future, you're gonna hear it again a few times.
He's a 24-year-old American who's only played in eight major golf tournaments in his infant career, and he's won two of 'em. Won the PGA last year; won the British Open on Sunday, dropping a 66 on Royal St. George's to finish two strokes clear of Jordan Spieth, another erstwhile young American phenom.
This means Collin Morikawa has finished in the top ten in exactly half of the majors he's played so far. Spieth didn't do that. Neither did any of the other phenoms who've emerged on the PGA Tour the past few years.
Neither did Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer of this or perhaps any generation. And who just happens to be Collin Morikawa's idol.
He's bright, he's engaging, and he's an unworldly talent. He also doesn't do drama, which is probably why you haven't heard as much about him as, say, Bryson DeChambeau -- who the Blob confesses a weakness for but whose act does grow old at times with remarkable speed.
Morikawa?
He can just flat play. And just does.
I know. What a concept, right?
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