JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Collin Morikawa, the regular-season FedExCup points leader, will be heading home after missing the cut at the postseason opener.
Morikawa followed an opening 3-over 74 with a 70 on Friday and revealed after his round that he had been slowed this week by an ailing back, which he originally injured during the first round of the Olympic golf competition.
“That’s gone. It was healing through Memphis [at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational], but I was hitting these slap-cuts and then Wednesday of last week I pinched [a nerve] in my back, it was completely different,” said Morikawa, who didn’t practice at all last week before heading to The Northern Trust.