{"id":62120,"date":"2026-09-06T12:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/62120\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T12:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:35:28","slug":"who-is-golfer-collin-morikawas-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/62120\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is golfer Collin Morikawa&#8217;s wife?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tHe\u2019s a two-time major champion and multiple PGA Tour winner \u2013 but who is Collin Morikawa\u2019s wife? Meet Katherine Zhu\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Los Angeles and of Chinese-Japanese descent, Collin Morikawa attended La Canada High School before graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2019 with a degree in Business Administration. <\/p>\n<p>He won five times as a collegiate player, including the Pac-12 Conference Championship, and played in the Palmer Cup, Walker Cup and Eisenhower Trophy as an amateur. In 2018 he spent three weeks at No.1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.  <\/p>\n<p>He turned pro immediately after leaving college and within weeks had won his maiden PGA Tour title. <\/p>\n<p>Twelve months later, he won a second title and made his breakthrough at the PGA Championship. Since then, he has gone on to win a second at The Open, as well as two more PGA Tour victories and a DP World Tour title. <\/p>\n<p>Alongside him for the journey has been his longtime partner Katherine Zhu, so let\u2019s get to know her\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/collin-morikawa-and-wife-katherine-masters-par-3.jpg\" alt=\"Katherine Morikawa caddying for Collin Morikawa at the Masters Par 3 Contest.\" class=\"wp-image-264278\"  \/>Who is Collin Morikawa\u2019s wife?<\/p>\n<p>Zhu was born in Vancouver, Canada, but her family moved to China and she attended Zhuji Hailiang High School before relocating to LA where she attended Pepperdine University.<\/p>\n<p>She grew up in a sport-mad family and her dad, Mike Chu, was an ITF-ranked tennis player. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/pepperdinewaves.com\/news\/2016\/10\/13\/Women_s_Golf_Q_A_Katherine_Zhu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Q&amp;A<\/a> on the Pepperdine website, Zhu said: \u201cMy mom ran track, and my dad played soccer. When I was little, they would just sign me up for different sports. They are really a big factor in how I got into sports.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Like Morikawa, Zhu played collegiate golf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGolf is such a big part of my life,\u201d she wrote on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BxQ4wsmAK_S\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram post<\/a> in 2019. \u201cIt\u2019s taught me to be strong when things aren\u2019t going well. It\u2019s taught me to respect others around me. Most importantly, golf has created opportunities that have made lifelong memories that I\u2019ll cherish forever. I\u2019m so grateful for this amazing game.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Morikawa and Zhu met in 2017, when they were both representing their respective universities at a golf tournament. Morikawa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CW9qBZdOxFR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">proposed<\/a> in 2021 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Clg5JuIPr7m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the pair wed<\/a> a year later. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very lucky to have her,\u201d Morikawa told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JL1EWw5clZE&amp;ab_channel=GolfChannel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Golf Central<\/a>\u00a0in 2020. \u201cKat has been by my side through it all. She would hate me if I didn\u2019t say this, but I didn\u2019t start winning in college until she showed up in my life, so thanks Kat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another interview with People magazine, he said: \u201cWe found each other by chance, but we chose to share our lives and dreams together. Marriage means to be in love with each other for the rest of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do Collin Morikawa and Katherine Zhu have children?<\/p>\n<p>After an emotional embrace between the pair on the 72nd tee as Morikawa ended a two-and-a-half-year title drought at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.todays-golfer.com\/news-and-events\/tour-news\/pebble-beach-pro-am-prize-money\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pebble Beach Pro-Am<\/a>, the 29-year-old announced to the world that they were expecting their first child later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s a two-time major champion and multiple PGA Tour winner \u2013 but who is Collin Morikawa\u2019s wife? 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