Collin Morikawa reached a brand new profession excessive by passing Ryder Cup associate Dustin Johnson for No. 2 within the Official World Golf Rating on Monday.
Morikawa overcame an opening-round 71 on the Zozo Championship to publish three rounds within the 60s to tie for seventh place. That got here on the heels of a solo second-place end at The CJ Cup at Summit.
Morikawa, 24, now has 8.4710 common factors, topping Johnson’s 8.3777. The 2 paired to win three matches throughout Group USA’s dominating Ryder Cup victory final month.
Johnson has solely performed as soon as since, tying for forty fifth at The CJ Cup, and has mentioned he plans to take the remainder of 2021 off. That will imply Johnson will snap his 13-year streak of profitable at the least one PGA Tour occasion and fail to qualify for the season-opening Match of Champions.
Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama vaulted seven spots to No. 12 on this planet following his five-shot victory on the Zozo Championship in his house nation.
Tony Finau and Brooks Koepka had been idle final week, however Finau nonetheless moved previous Koepka for the No. 10 spot within the rolling rankings system.
Additionally making huge strikes this week had been Brendan Steele and Cameron Tringale, who tied for second behind Matsuyama. Steele climbed 42 locations to No. 88, whereas Tringale rose 15 spots to a career-best 54th.
It was one of the best end of 2021 for each gamers.
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