Golf Channel · Jul 27, 2021
How Open champ Collin Morikawa celebrated with claret jug, before Olympics
KAWAGOE, Japan – It was a tight turnaround for Collin Morikawa and the other athletes who competed two weeks ago at The Open before heading to Japan for this week’s Olympics, but the Champion Golfer of the Year did make the most of that time.
Morikawa said he and caddie J.J. Jakovic celebrated Sunday night in England before catching a flight the next morning back to the United States.
“We had some beers poured in [to the claret jug]. Couldn't tell you what kind. We were at the hotel and it was J.J.'s birthday, so we had a bunch of beers poured in there and had an amazing time,” Morikawa said Tuesday. “We've had champagne out of it, so it's been a couple days of great celebrating.”