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Mark Schlabach
Two-time main champion Collin Morikawa is out there for a brand new caddie — once more — after parting methods with Joe Greiner forward of this week’s Rocket Traditional in Detroit.
KK Limbhasut, a former teammate of Morikawa’s at Cal Berkeley, will carry his bag at Detroit Golf Membership this week. Limbhasut, 29, competes on the Korn Ferry Tour.
In a information convention Wednesday, Morikawa described Limbhasut as a “fill-in.”
Greiner, who labored with Max Homa till they break up in early April, had been on Morikawa’s bag for his previous 5 PGA Tour begins. Morikawa made the reduce in every of them however did not end greater than a tie for seventeenth on the Truist Championship on Could 11.
Morikawa, ranked fifth within the Official World Golf Rating, tied for fiftieth on the PGA Championship and for twenty third on the U.S. Open.
Morikawa break up with J.J. Jakovac, the one caddie he had had as a professional to that time, in late April.
“I believe folks, they will be stunned, however the way in which I put it’s simply because two individuals are nice at what they do does not imply they will be nice collectively,” Morikawa stated. “I believe Joe is a tremendous caddie, however I believe simply the way in which we type of noticed issues, or simply daily how we type of went about it, we have been just a bit bit on a special web page.
“That does not imply it is proper or fallacious, however for me, it simply did not really feel proper. I’ve to discover different choices. I knew that coming in.”
After splitting with Homa, Greiner was a fill-in caddie for Justin Thomas on the Masters and the RBC Heritage, which Thomas gained to finish a virtually three-year winless drought on tour. Thomas’ full-time caddie, Matt Minister, returned from an damage after the victory.
“I knew it was going to be an important begin and it was going to be a enjoyable factor for me to check out that I knew I put myself in,” Morikawa stated. “However on the finish of the day, you do not know how you are going to be, as a result of we spend extra time with them than anybody else on the earth, truthfully.
“I spend extra time with them than my spouse generally. It is a true relationship. Look, I want J.J. and Joe all the perfect, however for proper now, it simply felt like I wanted a fill-in.”
Morikawa stated he wasn’t certain who could be his caddie at subsequent month’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Membership in Northern Eire, the ultimate main of the season.