Collin Morikawa hires FIFTH caddie of the season in bid to arrest PGA Tour drought

Collin Morikawa looks to resolve recent struggles to get over the line on the PGA Tour…

It was somewhat of a shock when Collin Morikawa split from longtime caddie JJ Jakovac in April.

Jakovac had been on Morikawa’s bag for his entire professional career, helping the Californian win three PGA Tour titles, one DP World Tour title, a World Golf Championship, and two majors – the 2020 PGA Championship and the following year’s Open at Royal St George’s.

But he hasn’t won since the 2023 Zozo Championship – though, as a sidenote, the pair also technically “won” last year’s PGA Tour Championship at East Lake, but were edged out by Scottie Scheffler due to the tournament’s now defunct handicap system – and he clearly felt like he needed a change.

So he turned to Joe Greiner, a man who himself had just been let go by Max Homa.

But that partnership ended after just five events, and it’s been a series of stand-ins since then. Morikawa’s friend, Korn Ferry Tour player KK Limbhasut, was by his side at the Rocket Classic, before legendary bagman Billy Foster took over for the two-week stint in the UK and what turned out to be the golfer’s first consecutive missed cuts for more than two years.

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Now, though, Morikawa has hired Mark Urbanek – who you might remember as Tony Finau’s former longtime looper – as he makes his way to TPC Southwind for the first of the three PGA Tour Playoffs at the FedEx St Jude Championship.

Collin Morikawa’s caddie history

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