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By BOB LENTZ<\/p>\n

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. \u2014 Collin Morikawa\u2019s start-and-stop season is a big go at the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

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For now.<\/p>\n

The two-time major winner \u2014 and 2020 PGA champ \u2014 is still dealing with back issues that first surfaced after the opening hole of The Players Championship in March, forcing his first withdrawal of the 2026 season and sidetracking a torrid start that included his first victory in 28 months.<\/p>\n

The seven-time PGA Tour winner, who withdrew from two other events, is dealing with an occasional cranky back and trying to learn to live with the accompanying uncertainty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I was 100% healthy,\u201d the 29-year-old said. \u201cThe body doesn\u2019t feel bad, just it\u2019s uncomfortable, and there\u2019s a trust factor. I\u2019m kind of having to deal with \u2026 I can\u2019t imagine wanting anyone to deal with it because it\u2019s just a very weird feeling of not trusting the body and yet knowing that things are going to be OK. So, it\u2019s just taking it day by day, doing what I need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The disappointing exit at TPC Sawgrass came after a great season-opening run. He won at Pebble Beach, finished tied for seventh at The Genesis Invitational and placed fifth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. A week later, back spasms at The Players knocked him out of the championship, and the back has been a consideration ever since.<\/p>\n

Morikawa, a La Canada High graduate, withdrew from the Texas Open ahead of the Masters and tied for seventh at Augusta National while dealing with back discomfort. The following week \u2014 again with back issues \u2014 he placed fourth at Hilton Head. Two weeks later, he finished down the leaderboard in a tie for 62nd in a signature, no-cut event at Doral.<\/p>\n

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Morikawa skipped last week\u2019s Truist Championship, another signature event. While that wasn\u2019t something he originally envisioned, he is learning to adjust on the fly.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, even taking last week off, even though that wasn\u2019t really the plan, it\u2019s so big to just be able to reset sometimes and then come out and say, \u2018Oh, man, I\u2019m ready to go.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He also is realizing there is more to golf than just his swing and has become more aware of his mental approach to the game. And, that\u2019s his focus at Aronimink as he chases another Wanamaker Trophy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe mental game is a big aspect of it,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re able to push yourself that much farther. Trust me, it was very, very uncomfortable to play the Masters and very uncomfortable to play the week after at Hilton Head, but you just have to keep pushing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhatever the next week or weeks, I\u2019m going to have to just breathe it out after this. Like, I will do everything it takes to play some great golf starting Thursday for four days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morikawa credits his physiotherapy team and others with keeping him competitive and said something as simple as caddie Mark Urbanek handing him a water bottle and saving him from bending goes a long way.<\/p>\n

At Augusta National, Morikawa said, he let his body adjust to the course. Instead of trying to overpower the layout, he tried to capitalize on the course\u2019s slope and became more accepting of shot shaping.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think over the last month and a half, it\u2019s just shown that there are many, many different ways to play golf. You obviously wish you were healthy, that you could just go out there and see target, hit target. But, it doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re out of the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morikawa followed his PGA Championship win at TPC Harding Park in 2020 with a victory at the British Open in 2021 at Royal St. George\u2019s. Lots of time has passed since those major wins, but he\u2019s confident he can recapture that success \u2014 maybe even at Aronimink.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a long time, and you don\u2019t forget the win, and you don\u2019t forget that you can do it, but I think that\u2019s just more motivation to go out there and knock another one out,\u201d he said. \u201cThat \u201920-\u201921 stretch, golf was pretty easy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut you go through life, and that\u2019s part of life, and you figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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