Collin Morikawa carded a flawless final-round 66 to win the 2021 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai and claim the European Tour’s season-long points race.
Morikawa finished his final day at Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Earth course with 12 pars and six birdies, highlighted by four over his final five holes, en route to a four-day total of 17-under par.
With the win, Morikawa earned €2,640,975 and 2,000 Race To Dubai points, becoming the first American to be crowned Europe’s No. 1.
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Pro-File
Name: Collin Morikawa
Nationality: American
Height: 5′ 9″
Weight: 160 lb
Birthdate: Feb, 6, 1997 (age 24)
Native: Los Angeles, Calif.
Resides: Las Vegas, Nevada
College: U Cal, Berkeley
Turned Pro: 2019
PGA Tour Rookie: 2020
Highest World Rank: 2nd (current)
Equipment: TaylorMade
Final Scores: Top 10
Pos-Player-To Par (Final Rd)
1. Collin Morikawa -17 (-6)
2. Alexander Bjork -14 (-2)
2. Matt Fitzpatrick -14 (-6)
4. Nicolai Hojgaard -13 (-4)
4. Robert MacIntyre -13 (-1)
6. Dean Burmester -12 (-3)
6. Ian Poulter -12 (-5)
6. Rory McIlroy -12 (+2)
9. Adri Arnaus -11 (-6)
9. Paul Casey -11 (-4)
9. Shane Lowry -11 (E)
9. John Catlin -11 (E)
9. Joachim Hansen -11 (E)
9. Sam Horsfield -11 (+2)
Morikawa’s Winning Numbers
Top-line Stats
Distance: 293.5 yards (19th)
Fairways: 30/56, 54.5% (17th)
Greens: 50/72, 69.4% (4th)
Putts/Per GIR: 1.8 (17th)
SG: Total: +2.50 (1st)
Scoring: 21 Birdies, 47 Pars, 4 Bogeys
Morikawa’s 2021 Euro Tour Season
Starts: 10
Cuts Made: 10
Wins: 3 (WGC-Workday, The Open, DP World)
Additional Top 10s: 2
Earnings: €6,792,749 (1st)
RTD Pts: 5,856 (1st)
World Rank Before/After: 2/2
Morikawa’s Tour Career
Turned Pro: 2019
First Full Season: 2020
Best World Rank: 2nd
Wins: 6
Titles:
2021 DP World Tour Championship (EUR)
2021 Open Championship (EUR, USA)
2021 WGC-Workday Championship (EUR, USA)
2020 PGA Championship (EUR, USA)
2020 Workday Charity Open (USA)
2019 Barracuda Championship (USA)
WITB: Collin Morikawa
Other than a sand wedge, Collin Morikawa plays a full bag of TaylorMade gear, including SIM driver and a TP5 ball.
Driver: TaylorMade (TM) SIM (8°)
3-Wood: TM SIM (14°)
5-Wood: TM SIM (19°)
Low Irons: TM P770 (4)
High Irons: TM P730 (5-9)
Gap: TM Milled Grind 2 (50°)
Sand: Titleist Vokey SM8 (56Ëš)
Lob: TM Hi-Toe (60Ëš)
Putter: TM Juno
Ball: TM TP5
Hat: TaylorMade
Shoes: Adidas Tour 360
Quotable
“It Means Everything.”
“It’s special, it’s an honour, really, to be the first American to do that on the European Tour to put my name against many, many great Hall of Famers, it’s special,” said Morikawa during his victory speech. “I get touched up just talking about that.
“Two years ago, it wasn’t my thought. It was, ‘yeah, let’s go play around the world’ but we didn’t know what the cards were going to be dealt.
“To have this chance and finally close it out, and not just closing it out with a top 10 or something, but to actually win the DP World Tour Championship, which concluded with the Race to Dubai, not a better way to finish – what a great way to finish.
“To close out the season-long race, the Race to Dubai, it means everything. Obviously I won some big events and that obviously helped catapult me up to the top.
“There are still a lot of scenarios that could have happened, especially today on this final round. Guys are not giving up, and I knew those guys that had a chance to possibly win and kick me out that have first spot, they weren’t going to give up.”
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