Collin Morikawa became the second-ever golfer to win a major and a World Golf Championship before turning 25. He secured a win at the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession in 2021 and joined Tiger Woods in an elite club.

The young golfer, who turned 25 on February 6, 2022, became only the seventh player to win four PGA events before turning 25.

Morikawa has won two majors throughout his career. After turning pro in 2019, he won his first major, the PGA Championship, in his second major appearance. He followed that up with a win at the Open Championship in 2021.

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Morikawa’s 6 total championship titles, including 2 majors and a WGC, might look like a huge record for a 25-year-old. However, it is nothing compared to what Woods had achieved when he was the same age as Morikawa.

All the victories of Tiger Woods before he turned 25

Woods, who began his professional career in 1996 as a 20-year-old, won two PGA Tour titles in the same year alone. In the first five years of his career, that is until he reached 25, Tiger won 24 PGA Tour championship titles, including 5 majors and 3 WGCs. 

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He won his first major at the 1997 Masters. With his victory, Woods became the youngest to win it and the first-ever African-American to win a major. Woods had won two World Golf Championships and the PGA Championship in 1999. He also won three majors, PGA, the US Open, and the Open Championship, and another WGC title in 2000. 

Morikawa has won 6 championships worldwide, whereas Woods had won 24 championship titles on the PGA Tour alone before he turned 25.

There is a huge difference between the two golfers. However, they both are the only two to win a major and a WGC under 25.

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What do you think of the record created by the two? Do you see any other potential player on the PGA Tour who can become the third to achieve this milestone?