Collin Morikawa finished the 2025 season with more questions than answers, and public opinion around him remains fairly split.
He actually started the season well enough, picking up a couple of runner-up finishes in his first four tournaments.
But after that, his results dropped off sharply, managing just one top-10 finish following The Players Championship in March.
Morikawa also drew criticism for skipping media responsibilities at Bay Hill in March after narrowly missing out on the Arnold Palmer Invitational title by one shot.
While Morikawa can come across as standoffish at times, there’s no denying his ability when he is playing well. And let us face it – a bit of confidence is almost a requirement at the highest level of the sport.
Still, his game was not anywhere close to what we have come to expect from him.
Morikawa’s putting was an issue throughout the year, but it was not the only area that let him down.
The two-time major winner will be eager to use the off-season to get back to his best heading into 2026. But before then, he has called for changes within the PGA Tour.
Collin Morikawa speaks out on PGA Tour rule he dislikes
PGA Tour players seem to have strong opinions right now about the rules, with some pushing for changes.
While appearing on the Fore Play Golf YouTube channel, Morikawa was asked if he believes golfers should get a free drop from divots in the fairway.
He replied: “I mean, the hardest thing is you would never know what a divot is. I don’t care about a divot, I hate mud-balls, mud-balls are the worst.
“I don’t mind playing out of a divot. I mean, Sam Burns got screwed somewhere this year, right, but mud-balls are just like, that’s just fully out of your control.
“I’d rather play out of a divot than play with mud-balls because they’re so unpredictable. You honestly don’t know where it’s going to go.
“You play the side it is going to go to but you have zero control.”
PGA Tour and LIV Golf take Different Sides in the Divot Debate
Patrick Reed has weighed in on the ongoing debate about whether golfers should be given relief from divots in the fairway, taking a different stance to Morikawa.
He said: “You should be able to take relief. I mean, why don’t you get rewarded for a great drive? I mean, that stuff for me, it’s like, alright, if we can do all the other stuff on fixing things, why is it that we don’t get rewarded for a good golf shot?”
It is hard to argue with his logic. But as Morikawa pointed out earlier this week, there would simply be too much room for interpretation.
You can find yourself stuck in a divot after splitting the fairway perfectly. No one likes that situation.
The same goes for mud-balls – every golfer deals with them at some point. It’s just part of playing the game.
