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Collin Morikawa grabs FedEx Cup lead with another Signature performance
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Collin Morikawa on moving on from Arnold Palmer Invitational loss
Collin Morikawa talks about how he rationalized Sunday’s shortcomings at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Collin Morikawa has had a good sense of timing this season on the PGA Tour.
The two-time major champion started 2025 with a missed cut at the Sony Open and a tie for 54th at the WM Phoenix Open. But since then, he’s finished seventh or higher in three consecutive starts in PGA Tour Signature events, beginning with a victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a tie for seventh at the Genesis Invitational and a solo fifth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Those were chunks of 700, 176 and 300 FedEx Cup points and it’s why Morikawa was able to slide up three spots to take over the lead in the season-long points standings over Jacob Bridgeman.
Also moving up last week, with his victory at the Palmer Invitational, was Akshay Bhatia, who jumped from 16th to second.
Ricky Castillo, who won the Puerto Rico Classic, earned 300 points for the tournament opposite the API but he still jumped 29 spots from 52nd to 23rd.
Players Championship is another big points haul
This week’s Players Championship, which begins on March 12 at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, offers 750 FedEx Cup points to the winner and higher totals through the leaderboard, so there should be more movement this week.
After all, Morikawa’s lead over Bhatia is only 38 points. If Morikawa misses the cut, Bhatia could theoretically pass him with a finish of 29th or better.
Morikawa is up 59 points over Bridgeman and 62 over Chris Gotterup.
Or Morikawa, who is the pick of many experts to win the tournament, could simply solidify his hold on the top spot.
PGA Tour FedEx Cup leaders
Through the Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 1. Collin Morikawa 1182
- 2. Akshay Bhatia 1144
- 3. Jacob Bridgeman 1123
- 4. Chris Gotterup 1120
- 5. Scottie Scheffler 1079
- 6. Min Woo Lee 755
- 7. Jake Knapp 680
- 8. Nico Echavarria 664
- 9. Si Woo Kim 627
- 10. Ryan Gerard 623
- 11. Hideki Matsuyama 611
- 12. Cameron Young 573
- 13. Daniel Berger 570
- 14. Sepp Straka 522
- 15. Adam Scott 521
- 16. Justin Rose 520
- 17. Sahith Theegala 514
- 18. Tommy Fleetwood 502
- 19. Kurt Kitayama 489
- 20. Ryo Hisatsune 476
- 21. Rory McIlroy 460
- 22. Pierceson Coody 459
- 23. Ricky Castillo 451
- 24. Ludvig Åberg 410
- 25. Russell Henley 403
- 26. Shane Lowry 397
- 27. Rickie Fowler 334
- 28. Harry Hall 324
- 29. Aldrich Potgieter 308
- 30. Patrick Rodgers 307
Who made the biggest FedEx Cup moves last week?
- Ludvig Aberg, tie for 3rd at Palmer Invitational, up 64 spots (88th to 24th)
- Davis Thompson, 4th at Puerto Rico Open, up 52 spots (130th to 78th)
- Billy Horschel, tie for 13th at Palmer Invitational, up 46 spots (109th to 63rd)
- Lucas Glover, tie for 24th at Palmer Invitational, up 38 spots (157th to 119th)
- Daniel Berger, 2nd at Palmer Invitational, up 32 spots (45th to 13th)