{"id":214832,"date":"2025-06-26T03:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T03:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/214832\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T03:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T03:22:12","slug":"dont-put-me-down-collin-morikawa-calls-out-reporter-as-he-makes-surprise-admission-ahead-of-the-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/214832\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Don’t put me down’ – Collin Morikawa calls out reporter as he makes surprise admission ahead of The Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collin Morikawa had a tense exchange with a journalist as he responded to reports he has split from his caddie less than a month before The Open.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2021 winner has parted ways with Joe Greiner, with the news breaking on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Morikawa hit back at a reporter during his press conference on WednesdayCredit: X \/ @golf_com\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The two-time Major winner has split from his caddie GreinerCredit: Getty Images – Getty<\/p>\n

Morikawa had been preparing to take part in the pro-am at this week’s Rocket Classic when the story became public.<\/p>\n

He will instead be supported by former college teammate and Korn Ferry Tour professional KK Limbhasut in Detroit.<\/p>\n

However, the two-time Major winner does not yet know who will be on his bag at Royal Portrush, which begins in three weeks.<\/p>\n

Asked about his caddie situation at his pre-tournament press conference, the American hit back at the reporter who had first reported his split with Greiner.<\/p>\n

Morikawa responded: “I don\u2019t and I read your article that you wrote.<\/p>\n

“Look, I\u2019m not here to tell people how to do their jobs, but I don\u2019t get why you would make me sound bad because you put out my quote that I was playing with pro-am partners out front.<\/p>\n

“Those guys are paying a lot of money. They\u2019re very important to the community. They\u2019re very important to the Rocket Classic.<\/p>\n

“And for you to put out a quote like that to put me down and saying \u2018hey, wait two-and-a-half hours\u2019. You called me on the first tee.<\/p>\n

“So I\u2019m not going to tell you how to do your job. You can write whatever you want. This is America. But don\u2019t put me down like that because it\u2019s two-and-a-half hours.”<\/p>\n

The reporter replied by stating: “I thought I was actually giving you credit that you were playing, you were focused on your pro-am partners.”<\/p>\n

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Morikawa admits he does not yet know who will be on his bag at The OpenCredit: Getty Images – Getty<\/p>\n

Morikawa doubled down, though, continuing: “Okay, we can all read it very differently.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s not how I read it. I don\u2019t know how but I\u2019m just telling you I think there\u2019s a perspective where people can read it like that.<\/p>\n

“So I\u2019m just going to leave it at that. That we knew I was going to have media in two-and-a-half hours. I\u2019m on the first tee meeting my pro-am partners as they\u2019re teeing off.”<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old finished by revealing his plans for choosing a new caddie, adding: “So on the caddy front, I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a process that I\u2019m going through. Hopefully we\u2019ll find out when the time comes and I will let everyone know.”<\/p>\n

Morikawa has only a few weeks to make his decision before heading to Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

I don’t regret anything I said! Collin Morikawa speaks down the barrel with message for three golf pundits<\/p>\n

The 153rd edition of The Open<\/a> is scheduled for July 17 to 20 at Royal Portrush.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he will be aiming to end his wait for a seventh PGA Tour win, having last tasted glory in October 2023.<\/p>\n

His only previous appearance at the Rocket Classic ended in a three-way play-off, where he was beaten by Rickie Fowler to the title.<\/p>\n

Morikawa will tee off for the first round on Thursday at 12.29pm BST alongside Keegan Bradley and Patrick Cantlay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collin Morikawa had a tense exchange with a journalist as he responded to reports he has split from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[85442,2826,4298,85443,79,83701,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-214832","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-rocket-classic","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-the-open-championship","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114747522876653569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}