Morikawa seeks new caddie after 2nd split of '25

Two-time large champion Collin Morikawa is successful the marketplace for a caller caddie -- again -- aft parting ways with Joe Greiner up of this week's Rocket Classic successful Detroit.

Morikawa's erstwhile teammate astatine Cal-Berkeley, KK Limbhasut, volition transportation his container astatine Detroit Golf Club this week. The 29-year-old Limbhasut competes connected the Korn Ferry Tour.

In a quality league Wednesday, Morikawa described Limbhasut arsenic a "fill-in."

Greiner, who worked with Max Homa until they divided successful aboriginal April, had been connected Morikawa's container for his past 5 PGA Tour starts. Morikawa made the chopped successful each of them but didn't decorativeness higher than a necktie for 17th astatine the Truist Championship connected May 11.

Morikawa, ranked 5th successful the Official World Golf Ranking, tied for 50th astatine the PGA Championship and for 23rd astatine the U.S. Open.

Morikawa divided with J.J. Jakovac, the lone caddie he'd had arsenic a pro to that point, successful precocious April.

"I deliberation people, they're going to beryllium surprised, but the mode I enactment it is conscionable due to the fact that 2 radical are large astatine what they bash doesn't mean they're going to beryllium large together," Morikawa said. "I deliberation Joe is an astonishing caddie, but I deliberation conscionable the mode we benignant of saw things, oregon conscionable time to time however we benignant of went astir it, we were conscionable a small spot connected a antithetic page.

"That doesn't mean it's close oregon wrong, but for me, it conscionable didn't consciousness right. I person to research different options. I knew that coming in."

After splitting with Homa, Greiner was a fill-in caddie for Justin Thomas astatine the Masters and the RBC Heritage, which Thomas won to extremity a astir three-year winless drought connected tour. Thomas' full-time caddie Matt Minister returned from an wounded aft the victory.

"I knew it was going to beryllium a large commencement and it was going to beryllium a amusive happening for maine to trial retired that I knew I enactment myself in," Morikawa said. "But astatine the extremity of the day, you don't cognize however you're going to be, due to the fact that we walk much clip with them than anyone other successful the world, honestly.

"I walk much clip with them than my woman sometimes. It's a existent relationship. Look, I privation J.J. and Joe each the best, but for close now, it conscionable felt similar I needed a fill-in."

Morikawa said helium wasn't definite who would beryllium his caddie astatine adjacent month's Open Championship astatine Royal Portrush Golf Club successful Northern Ireland, the last large of the season.