Collin Morikawa provides bleak injury update ahead of PGA Championship

The 2026 PGA Championship is set to get underway on Thursday morning from Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa. 

Many top players such as Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young are brimming with confidence heading into the year's second major, but the same can't be said for Collin Morikawa. 

Morikawa, who tweaked his back at THE PLAYERS Championship and had to withdraw after playing just one hole, still isn't healthy two months later. Ahead of the PGA Championship, the two-time major winner opened up about his back injury and his lack of confidence in his current swing. 

"I wish I was 100 percent healthy, but the body doesn’t feel bad. It’s just uncomfortable and there’s a trust factor that I’m having to deal with," Morikawa told reporters from Aronimink. "I can’t imagine wanting anyone to deal with it because it’s just a very weird feeling of not trusting the body and yet knowing that things are going to be okay. So it’s just taking it day by day, doing what I need to do. Then go out, look, it’s four days of golf, one at a time, and I’m going to find a way to hopefully play some great golf starting Thursday."

Although Morikawa has been uncomfortable on the course for two months, he's racked up some impressive finishes in that span. In his first start since injuring his back, the 29-year-old finished T7 at the Masters while leading the field in strokes gained from putting. He followed that up with a T4 at the RBC Heritage in which he ranked second in strokes gained on approach.