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.
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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.
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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
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