Morikawa leads PGA Tour's Zozo Championship after the first round in Japan

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Collin Morikawa's last PGA Tour victory was the British Open in 2021, but his 6-under 64 on Thursday to lead the Zozo Championship after the first round suggests the end of the American's mini slump might be in sight.

Japanese player Mikumu Horikawa and Americans Robby Shelton and Eric Cole were among five players just a shot back at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club on the outskirts of Tokyo, the only PGA Tour event in Japan.

Horikawa joked about looking up at the leaderboard and seeing a “kawa” on top — but that was Morikawa, not Horikawa. The suffix or prefix “kawa” means river in Japanese and appears in many Japanese family names and place names.Morikawa won the PGA Championship in 2020 and followed it with the British Open, his quick fame putting him in demand abroad.

“Taking a few weeks off, you never know what you’re going to get,” Morikawa said. “But I’ve been kind of working on a few things trying to get control of the golf ball — spent a lot of time putting yesterday. It’s nice to kind of see the work I’ve put in just kind of recreate that on the golf course.”

 

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