Who is Collin Morikawa’s wife?

He’s a two-time major champion and multiple PGA Tour winner – but who is Collin Morikawa’s wife? Meet Katherine Zhu…

Born and raised in Los Angeles and of Chinese-Japanese descent, Collin Morikawa attended La Canada High School before graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2019 with a degree in Business Administration.

He won five times as a collegiate player, including the Pac-12 Conference Championship, and played in the Palmer Cup, Walker Cup and Eisenhower Trophy as an amateur. In 2018 he spent three weeks at No.1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

He turned pro immediately after leaving college and within weeks had won his maiden PGA Tour title.

Twelve months later, he won a second title and made his breakthrough at the PGA Championship. Since then, he has gone on to win a second at The Open, as well as two more PGA Tour victories and a DP World Tour title.

Alongside him for the journey has been his longtime partner Katherine Zhu, so let’s get to know her…

Who is Collin Morikawa’s wife?

Zhu was born in Vancouver, Canada, but her family moved to China and she attended Zhuji Hailiang High School before relocating to LA where she attended Pepperdine University.

She grew up in a sport-mad family and her dad, Mike Chu, was an ITF-ranked tennis player. In a Q&A on the Pepperdine website, Zhu said: “My mom ran track, and my dad played soccer. When I was little, they would just sign me up for different sports. They are really a big factor in how I got into sports.”

Like Morikawa, Zhu played collegiate golf.

“Golf is such a big part of my life,” she wrote on an Instagram post in 2019. “It’s taught me to be strong when things aren’t going well. It’s taught me to respect others around me. Most importantly, golf has created opportunities that have made lifelong memories that I’ll cherish forever. I’m so grateful for this amazing game.”

Morikawa and Zhu met in 2017, when they were both representing their respective universities at a golf tournament. Morikawa proposed in 2021 and the pair wed a year later.

“I am very lucky to have her,” Morikawa told Golf Central in 2020. “Kat has been by my side through it all. She would hate me if I didn’t say this, but I didn’t start winning in college until she showed up in my life, so thanks Kat.”

In another interview with People magazine, he said: “We found each other by chance, but we chose to share our lives and dreams together. Marriage means to be in love with each other for the rest of our lives.”