Collin Morikawa named March SGA Amateur of the Month
Cal sophomore Collin Morikawa
(Cal Athletics Photo)
BIRMINGHAM, AL (April 24, 2017) - Collin
Morikawa, the 20-year old Cal golfer, has been
named Amateur of the Month (March) by the
Southern Golf Association (SGA) after an
impressive showing in multiple events.
Morikawa secured his first collegiate win last
month during the ASU
Thunderbird Invitational after posting a
three-round score 13-under 200, the second
lowest of his collegiate career. This was also the
first time that a Cal golfer has ever won the
Invitational.
Morikawa then went on to finish 2nd in the
Southern Highlands Intercollegiate after losing in
a playoff to Grant Hirschman of Oklahoma.
Winners of the SGA’s monthly award are
determined by a blue-ribbon national panel of
golf officials, coaches and journalists. Now in its
14th season, notable recipients have been Bill
Haas, Michelle Wie, Hunter Mahan, Ryan Moore,
J. B. Holmes, Webb Simpson, Rhys Davies, Kyle
Stanley, Kevin Fortin-Simard, Rickie Fowler,
Danny Lee, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Alice Hewson,
and more recently Lee McCoy & Aaron Wise.