Today’s final round of the 2020 PGA Championship at Harding Park in San Francisco has been unreal, with seven players at one point being tied for the lead during the final nine holes.
But then one of those players did something incredible and took what seems to be control of the tournament with a drive and a putt that will always be shown in major championship highlights.
Collin Morikawa, who is just 23 years old, stepped up to the drivable par-4 16th and drove the green with a beautiful 293-yard tee shot. That set up a 7-footer for eagle that he calmly sunk for a two-stroke lead.
Check out this drive:
Making par 4s look like par 3s.@Collin_Morikawa is so smooth. #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/3gpJWkicAs
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 10, 2020
And then this putt:
He leads the PGA TOUR in eagles made this season.
None more important than this one.@Collin_Morikawa jumps to a 2-shot lead.#PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/XytlgJ6Qn5
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 10, 2020
And just like that one of the game’s rising stars took control of a major championship that has been so tight all day long.
Golf fans were in awe:
Stupid.pic.twitter.com/OTGP2BbcNE
— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) August 10, 2020
That one's for the history books.
— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) August 10, 2020
Can't. Stop. Watching. pic.twitter.com/oDxiLog4rA
— GOLF.com (@GOLF_com) August 10, 2020
Been a Collin Morikawa fan my whole life I just didn’t know it until now pic.twitter.com/SB0DaMxgYP
— Cass Anderson (@casspa) August 10, 2020
Yeah so I guess being near the lead, then chipping in, then making an eagle two holes later is ONE way to give yourself a shot at your first major
— Garrett Morrison (@gfordgolf) August 10, 2020
A major moment. pic.twitter.com/ZZl9aqnQr7
— Rex Hoggard (@RexHoggardGC) August 10, 2020
A driveable par-4 on the back-nine of a major is my spirit animal.
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelTAN) August 10, 2020