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2021 Shriners Hospital for Children Open
US PGA Tour
TPC at Summerlin
Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
7-10 October 2021
Collin Morikawa will be determined to clinch the
Shriners Hospital for Children Open title for the first time this week.
The American star is one of the favourites to win the tournament and he is currently placed third in the Official World Golf Rankings.
Morikawa has five PGA Tour wins – including two major championships, the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 Open Championship.
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The year 2021 has proved to be a good one for Morikawa having also won the 2021 WGC-Workday Championship in February.
Morikawa then clinched the 2021 Open Championship in July as he won by two strokes over Jordan Spieth.
The Los Angeles-born golfer became the first player since Bobby Jones in 1926 to win two majors in eight or fewer starts.
Furthermore, Morikawa also became the first player to win two different majors in his debut appearance and he also finished in a tie for third place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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“It's just the patterns I built into my swing when I played injured just created such a bad habit,” Morikawa said as he provided a positive update on his back injury.
“So I was trying to teach myself last week at BMW how to swing like my old self. We're working back there. I'm pretty much, I would call it 95 percent back to the original swing.
"There's just a couple little kinks here and there that show up. But every week you're not swinging it perfect. I don't think there's one week I can think back at this season where I was swinging it amazing where I knew where it was going to go.”
Jim Furyk is the most decorated player in the history of Shriners Hospital for Children Open having won three titles.
Last five Shriners Hospital for Children Open winners
2016 - Rod Pampling - Australia
2017 - Patrick Cantlay - USA
2018 - Bryson DeChambeau - USA
2019 - Kevin Na - USA
2020 - Martin Laird - Scotland
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