2024 bmw championship at castle pines: 2nd round updatekinda a weird day in the rocky mountains
on the range it turns out collin is stronger than jj, who knew?
then hideki withdraws due to a bad back & the pga tour staff asks collin if he wanna play by himself or get a marker (most likely the head pro at castle pines)...morikawa isn't gonna club off a shop goat so he opts to play by himself which wuz kinda funny when he putted out on the 18th green (a 9 foot missed birdie putt with a shoved/misread to the right) & after he took his hat off didn't have anybody to shake hands with other than jj
earlier in the day behind the 1st tee is a staging area with healthy snacks, tees, pencils, ball markers & today's pin sheets...jj nonchalantly picks up a pin sheet & drops it in his caddie front kangaroo pouch...collin picks his sheet & carefully/methodically folds it 3 times on the table kinda like it's an origami art project (that's morikawa's half japanese ancestry coming thru, shocky luvs his miso soup) before putting it in his yardage book
https://instagr.am/p/CDrwHYalP63collin's elite play this summer all started when he reconnected (they took a hiatus when morikawa switched to max's swing coach mark blackburn which in retrospect wuz a dumb decision) with his longtime coach rick sessinghaus...rick & shocky spoke while walking castle pines about a variety of topics including collin's green reading skills & the importance of not overloading collin with too much information (haas biz ad grads are analytical but happier/more productive when they move with artistic freedom to create & improvise, just ask shoski)
fun facts: due to the 6000+ altitude collin switched balls this week, is carrying the ball with his driver in the thin mountain air 310 yards & they are playing for 12% additional carry on shots
collin morikawa shoots a mentally tough (impressive bounce back from a rough patch of holes on the 6th the the 9th) in shooting a
70 & is tied for 10th...morikawa is 100% ******* striping the ball!!!!...like
THE JET!!!! collin is a mamushi killah & a star star star star star star
an eagle 3 of the short uphill dogleg left par 5 17th hole catapulted
ben an to a
69 & he's tied for 15th
max homa got on the birdie train early but a temperamental driver resulted in multiple penalty strokes off the tee & a
75...luv seeing max take time out to fist bump all the little kids (collin is also pretty good at this too while ben is kinda in his own self contained bubble most of the time)
on the korn ferry tour
kk limbhaust missed the cut in boise, kk is gonna need a rigorous offseason s&c/nutrition to get his body right & gain clubhead speed...right now he's #84 in the korn ferry standings, the top 75 retain their korn ferry cards for 2025