Collin Morikawa Giving Cal Men's Golf 'world Recognition,' Coach Says
A man wearing a cap: United States' Collin Morikawa kisses the claret container prize as he models for picture takers on the eighteenth green subsequent to winning the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's fairway Sandwich, England, .
It wasn't long after previous Cal star Collin Morikawa tapped in for standard on the eighteenth green at Royal St. George's to win the 149th Open Championship that messages of congrats poured in via web-based media from around the golf world and past.
Golf legends like Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Gary Player, and Greg Norman all praised Morikawa on Twitter, as did J.J. Watt, Jimmy Fallon, Pat McAfee and other non-golf VIPs.
"Congrats on turning into the Champion Golfer of the Year," tweeted Norman, a double cross victor of the occasion. "There is no wanting to hold the Claret Jug. Appreciate each snapshot of your all around procured @TheOpen triumph."
Maybe no UC Berkeley alum is more well known all throughout the planet right now than Morikawa, who has become a piece of golf history in the a long time since he accepted his certification from the Haas School of Business.
With his success Sunday, Morikawa turned out to be only the second golf player after Tiger Woods to catch both the Open Championship and the PGA Championship before the age of 25. By winning two majors in his initial eight beginnings, he coordinated with Bobby Jones' achievement from almost a century prior.
"It's so difficult to glance back at the brief time that I have been a star and see what I've done in light of the fact that I need more," said Morikawa, who will next attempt to win a gold award for the United States at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. "I appreciate these minutes and I love it, and I need to train myself to accept it somewhat more."
Every last bit of it, almost certainly, raises the profile of the Cal men's golf program, which as of now includes graduated class like Max Homa, James Hahn, Brandon Hagy, Byeong Hun An and Michael Kim.
As indicated by Trend Calendar, Morikawa on Sunday got one of Google's most-looked through people, with a portion of those people presumably considering where he concentrated as an undergrad.
"Collin's remarkable play has had a shocking, beneficial outcome for Cal," Golden Bears men's golf trainer Walter Chun wrote in an email. "Let's face it that numerous outside of the West Coast don't realize that UC Berkeley and Cal are one in the equivalent.
"Be that as it may, on account of Collin and surprisingly different players on Tour … Cal and Cal Golf are arriving at public as well as world acknowledgment." a man hopping noticeable all around: United States' Collin Morikawa holds up the claret container prize as he models for photographic artists on the eighteenth green in the wake of winning the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's fairway Sandwich, England, Sunday, July 18, 2021.
"There's likewise an incredible degree of pride that Collin is making with anybody related with Cal," Chun composed. "Educators, understudies, guardians, understudy competitors, managerial help, and so forth We as a whole wear our Cal attire with our chests somewhat more out."
In his most recent three years at Cal, Morikawa won multiple times. He set a NCAA scoring record of 68.88 and as a lesser when he completed as the No. 1 university major part in the region. In his senior year, Morikawa won the Pac-12 individual title.