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New York Post
25-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Collin Morikawa splits with another caddie after just five tournaments
For the second time in three months, Collin Morikawa is switching up his caddie. The American golfer confirmed to Golfweek Wednesday that he's moving on from Joe Greiner after just five tournaments together. Morikawa will have KK Limbhasut, his former college teammate at California, filling in for this week's Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Advertisement Morikawa, 28, did not offer details on what went into the parting of ways, or who his long-term replacement on the bag will be. Collin Morikawa plays a shot at the Travelers Championship on June 21. Getty Images Morikawa partnered with Greiner after parting with J.J. Jakovac, who had been the only caddie of his career, in April. With Jakovac, Morikawa captured six titles on the PGA Tour and two majors: the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 Open Championship. Advertisement But Morikawa opted to replace Jakovac with Greiner, a veteran caddie who had been working for Max Homa since 2019. Greiner made the decision to split with a struggling Homa just before the Masters. 'It was not my choice, so it sucked, but we always had a deal that we're friends first and friendship mattered more than the work thing, and he was wise enough to do what he did,' Homa said at the time. Advertisement Collin Morikawa (right) is parting ways with caddie Joe Greiner (left). IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Greiner then went on to sub for the injured Matt Minister to caddie for Justin Thomas at the Masters and the RBC Heritage, which Thomas won, before joining forces with Morikawa. Greiner first caddied for Morikawa at Wissahickon in Philadelphia, where Morikawa finished T-17. The Los Angeles native then came T-50 at the PGA Championship, T-20 at the Memorial, T-23 at the U.S. Open and T-42 at the Travelers Championship. Advertisement Besides his switch on the bag, Morikawa was also seen discussing a potential putter change on the practice green in Detroit. Morikawa currently is the fifth-ranked golfer in the world behind No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Thomas. However, Morikawa has not earned a win since the Zozo Championship in October 2023.
NBC Sports
25-06-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Collin Morikawa parts with caddie Joe Greiner, employs former Cal teammate for Rocket Classic
Collin Morikawa is making another caddie change. After just five tournaments, Morikawa and looper Joe Greiner have split, Morikawa confirmed to Golfweek on Wednesday. Korn Ferry Tour player K.K. Limbhasut, Morikawa's former college teammate at Cal, will make a spot start on the bag for this week's Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Morikawa hired Greiner after parting ways with the only caddie of his pro career, J.J. Jakovac, following the RBC Heritage in late April. Greiner, who was Max Homa's longtime caddie, worked a couple tournaments filling in for Justin Thomas' regular caddie, Matt Minister, including at Harbour Town, where Thomas won. With Greiner as caddie, Morikawa notched three top-25s, though nothing better than T-17, at the Truist Championship, their first event together. The report did not state who Morikawa will have on the bag after this week. Limbhasut has made nine starts on the KFT this season and ranks No. 159 on the tour's points list.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Collin Morikawa is changing caddies again, splits with Joe Greiner ahead of Rocket Classic
DETROIT — The Collin Morikawa-Joe Greiner experiment is over. Morikawa is scheduled to compete this week at the Rocket Classic and has a friend on the bag this week. It's unclear who Morikawa will have take over permanently going forward, but this week at Detroit Golf Club, he has KK Limbhasut, a former college teammate of Morikawa's at California. Limbhasut is only on the bag this week, he confirmed to Golfweek. Advertisement Limbhasut has made nine Korn Ferry Tour starts in 2025, playing with conditional status and making five cuts. He's 159th on the points list. May 16, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Collin Morikawa talks with his caddie about his putt on the fifteenth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Morikawa parted ways with J.J. Jakovac, the only caddie of his career in late April. Greiner split with Max Homa in late March and was an 11th-hour replacement on the bag for Justin Thomas at the Masters. The following week Thomas won the RBC Heritage with Greiner again filling in for the injured Matt Minister. On April 29, it was announced Morikawa would have Greiner on his bag starting at the Truist Championship. Morikawa, 28, made all five cuts with Greiner as his caddie but hasn't finished better than T-17 during that stretch. He started well at the Truist and the Memorial but faltered on the weekend. A T-50 at the PGA Championship and T-23 at the Masters were disappointing results for the No. 5-ranked player in the world. Morikawa finished T-42 last week at the Travelers Championship. He was seen considering a putter change as well on Monday. Advertisement Greiner confirmed the split to Golfweek. Morikawa is the highest-ranked player in the field this week at the Rocket Classic, where he lost in a playoff in 2023 in his lone appearance at the event. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Collin Morikawa & Joe Greiner split after just 5 tournaments together
USA Today
25-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Collin Morikawa is changing caddies again, splits with Joe Greiner ahead of Rocket Classic
DETROIT — The Collin Morikawa-Joe Greiner experiment is over. Morikawa is scheduled to compete this week at the Rocket Classic and has a friend on the bag this week. It's unclear who Morikawa will have take over permanently going forward, but this week at Detroit Golf Club, he has KK Limbhasut, a former college teammate of Morikawa's at California. Limbhasut is only on the bag this week, he confirmed to Golfweek. Limbhasut has made nine Korn Ferry Tour starts in 2025, playing with conditional status and making five cuts. He's 159th on the points list. Morikawa parted ways with J.J. Jakovac, the only caddie of his career in late April. Greiner split with Max Homa in late March and was an 11th-hour replacement on the bag for Justin Thomas at the Masters. The following week Thomas won the RBC Heritage with Greiner again filling in for the injured Matt Minister. On April 29, it was announced Morikawa would have Greiner on his bag starting at the Truist Championship. Morikawa, 28, made all five cuts with Greiner as his caddie but hasn't finished better than T-17 during that stretch. He started well at the Truist and the Memorial but faltered on the weekend. A T-50 at the PGA Championship and T-23 at the Masters were disappointing results for the No. 5-ranked player in the world. Morikawa finished T-42 last week at the Travelers Championship. He was seen considering a putter change as well on Monday. Morikawa confirmed the split to Golfweek. Morikawa is the highest-ranked player in the field this week at the Rocket Classic, where he lost in a playoff in 2023 in his lone appearance at the event.
Sydney Morning Herald
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
The usually sure-footed Greiner stumbles but stays on track
Nick Greiner, the man tasked with saving the Liberal Party, has made the extraordinary admission that he does not want the job. The Liberals' federal executive has appointed the former NSW premier to head a new committee to oversee the party's NSW branch, after embarrassing comments by another elder statesman made his continuing tenure impossible. However, just hours after Greiner accepted the new challenge, he told ABC radio he was not keen to take the job. 'I tried to get out of it but they caught me at Auckland Airport yesterday morning at 4:30 am, and I was, I was weak,' he said. 'And look, I don't mean to be jocular about it ... that is actually true.' It is an unusual first step stumble from the sure-footed 78-year-old Greiner when the Liberal Party needs acutely disciplined leadership and tough reform following monumental administrative calamity in NSW and historic rebuff from heartland voters in last month's federal election. The former leader Peter Dutton last year appointed Alan Stockdale, 80, a former Liberal Party federal president and ex-Victorian treasurer, another outsider, former Victorian senator Richard Alston, 84, and former NSW MP Peta Seaton, 65, as administrators to run the NSW division after its failure to nominate 144 candidates for local government elections. The intervention seemed to be proceeding apace with the executive due to consider extending the trio's term on Tuesday, until Stockdale put his foot in his mouth. The Victorian told a Zoom meeting of the NSW Liberal Women's Council earlier this month that 'women are sufficiently assertive now ... we should be giving some thought to whether we need to protect men's involvement'. With consternation rippling through Liberal ranks – after all, the party failed due to its inability to attract or retain women voters – Stockdale apologised, but it was clear the two octogenarians' days were numbered. Being Victorians had something to do with it, but being male and stale played a role too, and Stockdale and Alston were shown the door. In their stead, they have been replaced by a hand-picked team with Seaton joined by leading moderate Liberal Jane Buncle, party vice presidents Berenice Walker, Peter O'Hanlon and James Owen, and honorary treasurer Mark Baillie, all of them under Greiner's watchful eye. Stockdale left another parting misstep: several Liberal sources told the Herald 's Alexandra Smith he had argued Walker, president of the women's council, should not be on the new committee. At the same time, some right-wing members pushed for former prime minister Tony Abbott to be on the committee, but were overwhelmingly opposed. Greiner admits party factions foster self-interest and deter voters, but told the ABC he would like to remove the branches' power to reject members and reduce the state executive from 27 to about 10 or 12.
