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The two-time major champion made the remarks ahead of this
week's Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Los
Angeles.
"As it goes to the Saudi stuff, I'm all for the PGA Tour,"
Morikawa said. "I've thought about playing against Tiger,
beating his records, whatever, something that might not even be
breakable, but I've never had another thought of what's out
there, right? I've never thought about anything else, it's
always been the PGA Tour."
This week will mark the fourth PGA Tour event Morikawa has
played in the 2021-22 season, having played some events on the
DP World Tour (nee European Tour).
"Right now, you look at the best players that I see and they're
all sticking with the PGA Tour and that's where I kind of stay
and that's where I belong. I'm very happy to be here," Morikawa
added.
The SGL has been actively recruiting from the two main tours,
trying to lure away the world's top stars with offers ranging up
to a reported $150 million to jump tours.
Morikawa also didn't completely shut down the idea of jumping
tours, implying he didn't have enough answers to questions he
had during talks. For example, Morikawa was asked Tuesday if he
had received a huge money offer from the SGL, being fronted by
former golfer Greg Norman.
"Look, so we had conversations. That was later down the road,"
Morikawa said. "I wanted to find out more details. So yeah,
there was money, but for me it's thinking about where I am in
the position I am today, right? I'm 25, I've got a great life,
I've got a great career so far. I'm enjoying it, I'm loving what
I'm doing.
"The only way I can start thinking about other tours, other
leagues, whatever you call it, I need concrete evidence. I need
to be able to see a sheet in front of me and know what's out
there, right? And as of now, for what I know, I don't know
what's out there. All I've heard are rumors, all I've heard is
talk and that's hard to do, right?"
Morikawa is coming off a victory at the 2021 Open Championship.
He also won the 2020 PGA Championship and has five career
victories on the PGA Tour with career earnings in excess of
$15.6 million.
The Asian Tour earlier this month announced the addition of a
10-event series of Saudi-backed tournaments in Britain and the
Middle East. Norman said dates would be coming soon to the U.S.,
too.
"So my door's -- I'm still open to learning because I want to
learn what's out there. I want to know the details, too,"
Morikawa said. "I don't want to keep hearing it from other
people saying, ‘You need to go talk to this person, you need to
do this, this is what they have, this is what they don't have.'
"If there were more details, maybe I would have thought about it
more, maybe I would have given it more of a decision and I would
have had to sit down and ask more questions, but it's hard to
ask questions when you're not getting answers, either."
--Field Level Media
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