{"id":473485,"date":"2026-02-17T08:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/473485\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T08:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:25:12","slug":"collin-morikawas-wife-brought-to-tears-after-pebble-beach-pro-am-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/473485\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin Morikawa’s wife brought to tears after Pebble Beach Pro-am win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katherine Morikawa was brought to tears on Sunday as her husband, two-time major champion Collin Morikawa, claimed his first PGA Tour victory in over two years<\/a> at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am.<\/p>\n

In footage shared Sunday on the PGA Tour\u2019s Instagram account, Katherine is featured on the sideline at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California, where she was overcome with emotion as Morikawa sank a birdie putt on the par-5 18th to clinch a 5-under 67 in the final round that put him in a solo first place at 22-under overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only two shots I saw on 18 were the last two putts because of the crowds. And I didn\u2019t have signal to check the pga tour app. I wanted to make sure :),\u201d Katherine wrote in the comments of the PGA Tour\u2019s post.<\/p>\n

Collin Morikawa embraces wife Katherine after his win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am on Feb. 15, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s triumph marked Morikawa\u2019s first win since the Zozo Championship in October 2023.<\/p>\n

He edged out the likes of Min Woo Lee, Sepp Straka, Tommy Fleetwood and Scottie Scheffler, the latter of whom mounted a furious comeback after posting an even 72 in the opening round.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat field, great leaderboard \u2014 looking at it the entire day,\u201d Morikawa said. \u201cAnd just to be able to pull off those last two shots, it feels great.<\/p>\n

Collin Morikawa smiles after sinking a putt on the 18th in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am on Feb. 15, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Sitting in a three-way tie for first between Lee and Straka, Morikawa tapped in his final putt on the 18th before sharing an emotional embrace with Katherine, who is pregnant with the couple\u2019s first child.<\/p>\n

\u201cPut golf aside, we\u2019re actually expecting later this year, in a few months,\u201d Morikawa said<\/a> afterward. \u201cWe just started telling people this week, and we said what a better way and the best way to announce it to the world, if I was able to come out and win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katherine, an avid runner, has been married to Morikawa, 29, since November 2022.<\/p>\n

Katherine and Collin Morikawa celebrated the golfer\u2019s first PGA Tour victory since 2023. Getty Images<\/p>\n

With Sunday\u2019s win, Morikawa rose from No. 19 in the world to No. 5. He sits behind Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Fleetwood and Justin Rose, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katherine Morikawa was brought to tears on Sunday as her husband, two-time major champion Collin Morikawa, claimed his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[18940,427,3332,99,1625,7745],"class_list":{"0":"post-473485","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-pga-tour","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-entertainment","13":"tag-wags"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}