Collin Morikawa names the player on the PGA Tour who he ‘wishes’ he could putt like

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Collin Morikawa returns to the PGA Tour this week, where he is among the highest-ranked players in the field for the Procore Championship.

Two-time major winner Morikawa last played on the PGA Tour at the Tour Championship last month, finishing T19 at East Lake.

Focus now switches to Silverado Resort in California, where the majority of the American Ryder Cup team are involved.

That includes six-time PGA Tour champion Morikawa, although his last win arrived at the 2023 Zozo Championship.

He has been paired with Ryder Cup teammate Harris English in Napa, along with one of Keegan Bradley’s vice captains Webb Simpson.

The PGA Tour player Collin Morikawa wishes he could putt like

Also taking on the Procore Championship is Sam Burns, another one of Morikawa’s teammates for Bethpage Black.

And the latter was tasked with discussing the former ahead of their first round, with Morikawa asked why he thinks Burns is such a good putter.

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He said: “I haven’t tapped into his head too much. I’ve loved when I’ve played with him, partnered up because I just try and hit it on the green and he makes them all.

“I listened to Scottie [Scheffler] talk about him one time or someone talked about him. I think he just does all the basics really good.

“I’ve played a lot at home this past week… not a lot but a handful of times with Taylor Montgomery and Maverick McNealy, two of the best putters on tour as well, and you ask them and they’re very different on how they approach putting, but what they do is they’re always just very confident and very assertive with how they pick their lines and believing that it’s right.

“Like sometimes I’ll step in a fairway and it could be the most obvious 8-iron and I’ll feel 7-iron or I’ll feel 9-iron.

“Like it’s that gut feeling that I think really good putters have in saying no, this is going in. So I think it just takes it over time, but yeah.”

And when asked if he has any envy of another player who does something particularly well, Morikawa replied: “Yeah, I wish I could putt like Sam Burns all the time or drive it like really long.

“But sometimes you have to remember who you are and kind of play your game, and that doesn’t mean that you can’t creep your way towards those players.

“And that’s what’s great about these team events, you really get to tap into a lot of brains and a lot of smart guys on how they do things.

“Sometimes it’s just one little conversation can spark something. That’s why I’m always trying to learn, I’m always trying to ask other players.

“Not necessarily during a week like this but at home, off weeks, team events, you really get to tap into the knowledge that people have.

“And side story, I remember at Whistling I had six, like two vice captains and like four players watching my putting.

“[Steve] Stricker was a little bit worried, but I tell him like no, it’s just the more knowledge the better because that makes you a more well-rounded player in just how you see things.”

Collin Morikawa vs Sam Burns 2025 PGA Tour putting stats

Morikawa is certainly right to envy Burns on the green, with the latter having really impressed in that regard this season.

He leads the way for both SG: Putting and Putting inside 10′ on the PGA Tour, with figures of 0.924 and 90.79% respectively.

And Morikawa is some way off his Bethpage Black teammate with the putter, currently ranking 141st for SG: Putting.

But Burns has certainly been rivalled on the greens by another player, with Harry Hall topping the pile for the Putting Average, Total Putting and Putts Per Round categories.