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Morikawa, 23, has taken the golf world by storm
and the three-times PGA Tour winner is not about to let the
mystique of Augusta National get in the way of his Green Jacket
dreams.
"Every course I've pretty much played over the last year and a
half, I've never seen," Morikawa said during a news conference
at Augusta National Golf Club.
"I'm not afraid of any course out here ... I wouldn't say I
focus more on certain courses than others because I come out
every week, Monday through Wednesday to figure out by Thursday
morning, I'm ready to play golf."
Morikawa is three months removed from his major breakthrough at
the PGA Championship where he made a late eagle en route to
two-shot victory at TPC Harding, a layout he got to know while
he was a collegiate golfer at the University of California.
And while Morikawa fully admits that experience on a course
never hurts, he feels he already has a similar mindset to some
of the more seasoned players on the PGA Tour who have been
making regular Masters appearances for years.
"I've fast tracked that process a little bit, even though I
haven't played these courses or played the Masters before," said
Morikawa. "I'm comfortable coming out here. Everyone's
different, but that's just me."
Morikawa has mostly struggled since picking up his major title
but said that does not mean his golf is not sharp and that his
game actually feels like it did before the PGA Championship.
"I've done my prep work so far to get my game where it needs to
be," said Morikawa. "You want to show up to these majors not
really working on anything, just being ready to play golf. And I
think over the past couple weeks, I've put myself there."
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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