A year ago, Collin Morikawa had played in exactly one major. Now, after a decisive win at the Open Championship, he has as many major victories in the last 12 months as Dustin Johnson, Fuzzy Zoeller, Greg Norman and Ben Crenshaw have in their entire careers.
On the hottest day of the year at Sandwich, England, Morikawa remained cool, separating himself from the pack with a three-birdie stretch to close the front nine and following that with a steady, precise back nine. He finished at -15, two strokes ahead of Jordan Spieth and four ahead of Louis Oosthuizen and Jon Rahm.