Collin Morikawa put an end to his two-year stretch without a win with a commanding six-shot triumph at the Zozo Championship in Japan.
The 26-year-old American, whose previous victory came in the DP World Tour Championship in November 2021, produced a dominant performance on the final day at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club carding a seven-under 63 to end the tournament on 14 under to claim his sixth career PGA TOUR win.
“It’s meant the world,” said Morikawa. “Having this two-year drought, just struggling at times, not really contending, to do what I did through this entire week – that’s the golf I miss playing.
“Weeks like this, you just have to capitalise and you just can’t let things go. It just felt so good on Thursday.
“I knew if I didn’t get ahead of myself and stayed patient that it would hopefully come together.
“This will be a huge bouncing board for me to move forward into 2024 and to, hopefully, start the year on a great note.”
Compatriots Eric Cole and Beau Hossler were Morikawa’s closest challengers but both finished six shots behind on seven under after both carded final-round 70s.
The next event on the PGA TOUR is the WWT Championship taking place between 2-5 November at El Cardonal at Diamante in Mexico.
