- American Collin Morikawa is the favorite to win gold in Olympic golf with +700 odds.
- Morikawa is the 2021 British Open champion as well as the 2020 PGA Championship winner and now heads into the Olympics as the man to beat.
TOKYO - The era of Collin Morikawa is underway, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are the next obstacle in the way of the young phenom. Morikawa burst onto the golf scene in 2020 where he impressed many with a second place finish in the first event back, the Charles Schwab Challenge.
He went on to win the Workday Charity Open less than a month later, putting his name firmly in the minds of golf fans around the world.
It didn’t take long for Collin to ascend to a higher level of player, as Morikawa won the 2020 PGA Championship in his first attempt at the major in August.
A quick throwback to @TPCHardingPark and @Collin_Morikawa's first major championship victory. #TBT | #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/NsWLcWaDTA
— PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) July 22, 2021
Morikawa won the major at TPC Harding Park in California, which happens to be the course he would play at while a member of the UCLA Bruins golf team. The home field advantage proved fruitful for Morikawa, as he cemented his legacy in stylish fashion.
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The success didn’t stop there though, as Morikawa continues to be a force to reckon with on the PGA Tour.
In his first trip to the British Open across the pond, Morikawa captured his second major championship and fifth PGA Tour win just a couple of months ago.
This success is what led Morikawa to be chosen to represent Team USA in golf at the Olympics. Collin will represent the country alongside other American stars Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele.
Morikawa enters the Olympic tournament as the favorite to win gold via the online sportsbooks.
Men's Olympic Golf
- Collin Morikawa (USA) +700
- Xander Schauffele (USA) +900
- Justin Thomas (USA) +1000
- Rory McIlroy (IRL) +1100
- Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) +1200
- Viktor Hovland (NOR) +1400
- Patrick Reed (USA) +1800
- Paul Casey (GBR) +1800
- Abraham Ancer (MEX) +2200
- Joaquin Niemann (CHI) +2200
- Cameron Smith (AUS) +2500
- Corey Conners (CAN) +2500
- Shane Lowry (IRL) +2500
- Sungjae Im (KOR) +2500
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA) +3300
- Marc Leishman (AUS) +3300
- Tommy Fleetwood (GBR) +3300
- Garrick Higgo (RSA) +4000
- Guido Migliozzi (ITA) +4000
- Si Woo Kim (KOR) +4000
- Alex Noren (SWE) +5000
- Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) +5000
- Mackenzie Hughes (CAN) +5000
- Thomas Pieters (BEL) +5000
- Sebastian Munoz (COL) +6600
- Thomas Detry (BEL) +6600
- Antoine Rozner (FRA) +8000
- Carlos Ortiz (MEX) +8000
- Matthias Schwab (AUT) +8000
- Mito Pereira (CHI) +10000
Anyone looking to bet on the Olympics can snag Morikawa for a good price now, but is advised to wait until after the first round where his price will likely drift above the +1000 range.
An Olympic gold medal in golf would be another crowning achievement for this young American superstar.
Jimmy Reinman honed his skills across various mediums including print, radio, and broadcast before bringing his arsenal of knowledge to the team here at USAOnlineSportsbooks in 2020. When he’s not writing, you can find him in a state of focused stress on any College Football Saturday, or maniacally constructing NBA parlays on a cool spring evening.
