{"id":46845,"date":"2025-08-06T01:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/46845\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:37:09","slug":"collin-morikawa-responds-when-asked-if-he-thinks-hell-be-picked-for-the-ryder-cup-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/46845\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin Morikawa responds when asked if he thinks\u00a0he\u2019ll\u00a0be picked for the Ryder Cup next month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Collin Morikawa has endured a disastrous spell on the PGA Tour since he narrowly missed out on winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March.<\/p>\n<p>And as crazy as this sounds, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/tag\/collin-morikawa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morikawa<\/a>\u2018s place on the US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/tag\/ryder-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryder Cup<\/a> team is now in serious jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old has found the going really tough on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/tag\/pga-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour<\/a>, and it\u2019s incredible to think that a player who was so imperious with his irons is without a win since October 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/news\/collin-morikawa-said-not-to-be-in-a-good-spot-after-what-happened-on-the-range-at-the-open-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morikawa was said to be in a really bad spot at The Open<\/a> Championship last month, with his game seemingly having deserted him at the worst time possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/news\/what-scottie-scheffler-and-collin-morikawa-were-spotted-doing-on-the-range-after-day-one-at-the-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morikawa worked incredibly hard on his game at The Open<\/a>, but he still missed the cut by quite some margin.<\/p>\n<p>Now he is in real danger of missing out on the showdown with Europe at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/tag\/bethpage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bethpage Black<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Collin Morikawa responds when asked if he thinks he\u2019ll make the Ryder Cup team<\/p>\n<p>The two-time major champion seems to be completely lost right now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2224679288-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"Collin Morikawa hits a tee shot during a practice round ahead of The Open Championship at Royal Portrush\" class=\"wp-image-82910\" \/>Photo By David Fitzgerald\/Sportsfile via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Whatever he tries just isn\u2019t working, and he is now outside the automatic Ryder Cup qualifying spots looking in.<\/p>\n<p>Morikawa was asked if he believes he will be on the Ryder Cup team in September, when speaking to SIRIUS XM PGA TOUR Radio.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cLook, I\u2019ve been able to play two Ryder Cups now and I\u2019ve got to make sure I make that team. I\u2019ve got an opportunity in front of me the next two weeks to get one of those automatic qualifying spots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I mean I would say we were very prepared in 21, four years ago, and two years ago we went in not so prepared. So whether that changes things and we adapt potentially. Goal number one is to make sure I\u2019m on that team going to Bethpage.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Morikawa may well be desperate to be on the Ryder Cup team but his poor form means that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/tag\/keegan-bradley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keegan Bradley<\/a> might overlook him for a captain\u2019s pick, unless he shows some really positive signs during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegolfinggazette.com\/tag\/fedex-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FedEx Cup<\/a> Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Collin Morikawa\u2019s stats and results from the 2025 PGA Tour season<\/p>\n<p>Morikawa has been an absolute shadow of his former self this season.<\/p>\n<p>Here are his results in 2025 so far:<\/p>\n<p>ResultsMorikawa\u2019s totalsEvents played16Wins0Top-10s4Top-25s10Missed cuts3<\/p>\n<p>And here are his stats from the 2025 season:<\/p>\n<p>StatsMorikawa\u2019s rankStrokes gained off the tee10thStrokes gained approach5thStrokes gained around the green89thStrokes gained putting129thStrokes gained total8th<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear to see from those stats that Morikawa\u2019s putting and chipping are the two issues that have prevented him from winning this season.<\/p>\n<p>If Morikawa is to make a late run up the Ryder Cup points list and the FedEx Cup standings over the final few weeks of the season, he simply has to sharpen up his game on and around the greens.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand though, it\u2019s all looking rather bleak for the 28-year-old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collin Morikawa has endured a disastrous spell on the PGA Tour since he narrowly missed out on winning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[13894,5904,9199,6547,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-46845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-collin-morikawa","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-keegan-bradley","11":"tag-ryder-cup","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}