Collin Morikawa explains the new "pre-set thing" he is doing before shots at The Sentry

Collin Morikawa started his 2025 season on a high note. He has shown incredible iron work at the Sentry in Hawaii, recording 30 consecutive green hits this week.

The US golfer even reached 52/54 green-in-regulations at the Kapalua Plantation Course. The PGA Tour record for the most green-in-regulations is 69/72.

Morikawa was seen doing "pre-set" practice before his iron shots at the Sentry. He explained this practice of his via the PGA Tour:

"I was kind of doing this little pre-set thing before a lot of my iron shots. Just kind of allowing the body to get to where it needs to be in the shot. It's been working which has been nice. It wasn't a two-day thing and then throw it in the trash."

He also talked about his struggles with back injuries and how he is dealing with them. The 27-year-old revealed what he told himself:

"I have gone through a couple injuries with the back. Just tweaking it a little bit here. I just had to tell myself that I can kind of rotate and stay in the position and that's all it's really doing. I am not even thinking about it. It's just saying, 'Okay, you know you are safe to go there. Just let it go'. And it's been nice to kind of see the cuts come back a little bit more with a little bit more space."

Collin Morikawa is currently placed second behind Hideki Matsuyama going into Round 4 of the Sentry. He is only trailing by one shot with a total score of 26-under. The duo is leading the rest of the pack by at least four strokes, with their nearest competitor Thomas Detry having carded 22-under.

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Who is Collin Morikawa grouped with in Round 4 of the Sentry?

Collin Morikawa (Source: Imagn)

Collin Morikawa is paired along side Hideki Matsuyama and Thomas Detry in the fourth round of the Sentry. The trio will go last and will tee off at 3:08 pm ET.

The final clash is expected to happen between Morikawa and Matsuyama. Here is the full list of Round 4 tee times and pairings:

Tee No. 1

• 1:20 p.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Patton Kizzire, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• 1:32 p.m. – Adam Hadwin, Max Homa, Aaron Rai
• 1:44 p.m. – Sam Burns, Ludvig Åberg, Austin Eckroat
• 1:56 p.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Keegan Bradley, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 2:08 p.m. – Tony Finau, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay
• 2:20 p.m. – Maverick McNealy, Corey Conners, Jhonattan Vegas
• 2:32 p.m. – Adam Scott, Sepp Straka, Cameron Young
• 2:44 p.m. – Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge, Cam Davis
• 2:56 p.m. – Sungjae Im, Harry Hall, Max Greyserman
• 3:08 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Thomas Detry

Tee No. 10

• 1:20 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley, Jason Day
• 1:32 p.m. – Nico Echavarria, Xander Schauffele, Byeong Hun An
• 1:44 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Brice Garnett, Chris Kirk
• 1:56 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Stephan Jaeger, Denny McCarthy
• 2:08 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Davis Thompson, Justin Thomas
• 2:20 p.m. – Eric Cole, Akshay Bhatia, Peter Malnati
• 2:32 p.m. – Kevin Yu, Sahith Theegala, Chris Gotterup
• 2:44 p.m. – Matt McCarty, Nick Taylor, Matthieu Pavon
• 2:56 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Rafael Campos, Jake Knapp
• 3:08 p.m. – Brian Harman, Davis Riley