Collin Morikawa gives his true thoughts on Jay Monahan as he confirms what their relationship is actually like

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Collin Morikawa continues his 2025 PGA Tour season at the Genesis Invitational this week, which takes place at Torrey Pines.

Tiger Woods made his PGA Tour debut at the competition at the age of 16, but has withdrawn from this year’s event.

Woods is the tournament host, but his mother sadly passed away recently, with the 82-time PGA Tour champion still recovering from that loss.

World number one Scottie Scheffler headlines the Genesis Invitational, which has been moved from the Riviera Country Club to Torrey Pines due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Scheffler has a relatively poor record at Torrey Pines South, and is yet to win on the PGA Tour this season.

Collin Morikawa says ‘more people have opinions’ now than when he started on PGA Tour

He has, however, only played two events, which is the same number as Morikawa, who currently occupies fourth place in the world rankings.

Asked in his pre-tournament press conference if he has a ‘good pulse’ on the players and membership now compared to his early days when he’s around the same group in majors and PGA Tour Signature Events, he replied: “Yeah, I think a lot more people, and there’s nothing wrong with it, but a lot more people have opinions now than they did when I… let’s call it five years ago when I played more WGCs and you see the same guys over, right, and you played the majors.

“It’s like at that point, like when I won my first major at the PGA, it’s like I had seen every single person there many, many times.

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“I’m not one that goes out and asks people their opinions, I just kind of sit back and listen and see how things are flowing with the tour.

“Yeah, I think a lot more people have opinions and there’s nothing wrong with that, and they’re sharing that.

“I don’t know if we’re all focused on how do we make the product better for people, right? I think we’ve made golf really, really good for ourselves and there’s nothing wrong with that.

“I think every one of us feels like we deserve that and I think we do. But how do we keep growing, getting more engagement, getting more eyeballs to the sport?

“How do we have people want to come out to the golf course and say I want to go watch these 20 players play?

“I think we’re sometimes focusing on small issues that are important, but then we make it like it’s going to solve the whole thing.”

Collin Morikawa praises PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and PAC

Morikawa’s comments come amid a difficult time for the PGA Tour, where issues such as slow play and fan engagement have often overshadowed the action on the course.

Many players are well aware that the particularly major problem of slow play has been apparent for some time, but it is an issue that has really yet to be tackled.

Asked for an example following his comments, two-time major champion Morikawa said: “My best example is I know a lot of people have complained about, both sides, like the 125 getting down, cut to 100, and they say it’s going to make it better for slow play and better for fans or whatever, right?

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“It makes it better for the membership because now those 100 guys that keep their card can say I can set my schedule in January, January 1st, and this is what I’m going to play.

“Even guys that are 125 right now, they’re still like maybe I get into this, maybe I get into that. Aside from the big Signature Events, aside from the majors, I’m saying full-field events.

“So it’s just focusing on the right things of saying, of thinking about the product. How does it come off on TV, how do people watch it at home, where do they watch it, why do they watch it, why do people want to come out?

“People want to go out to Phoenix because it’s a party, there’s nothing wrong with that. Each tournament has their own thing, right?

“Each tournament has their kind of own, what do I call it, just has its own essence, the way it shows out. So it’s tough to get that when you have 40-something events. There needs to be a focus on that versus the minute stuff that could affect smaller, lesser group of people.”

Plenty of onus currently falls on PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, who will find it impossible to please every player on tour.

Many players greatly benefit from slowing the game down, while others have no issue when it comes to pace of play.

Fortunately, there is a Player Advisory Council (PAC) in place to advise and consult with Monahan and the PGA Tour Policy Board on such issues.

Discussing whether he would join the likes of Scheffler and Justin Thomas on the PAC, Morikawa said: “I feel like Jay’s been great to me.

“I feel like I can get a lot more done in 20 minutes if I really have an opinion and I really want to share with him or share with someone else that’s on the Tour.

“My attention span for three hours is not there to sit in those meetings, and I praise those guys that they do. They do a great job, those guys on the PAC, those guys on the board. I just, you know, not my thing.”