Collin Morikawa speaks with Todd Lewis about his firsthand look at wildfire relief efforts in Maui and the emotional impact of the devastation. He also discusses his mindset going into The Sentry. #GolfChannel #GolfCentral #CollinMorikawa
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GOOD TIME. A GOOD CAUSE. PATRICK CANTLAY HELPING LAUNCH A FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN TO AID FIRST RESPONDERS, THEIR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE MAUI FIRES. BACK TO COLLIN MORIKAWA, HIS DAD, THE WHOLE SIDE OF HIS FAMILY GREW UP ON MAUI. HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE BORN IN LAHAINA.
YOU SEE DAD ON YOUR LEFT, MOM DEBBIE AND THAT IS COLLIN’S WIFE, CAT, TO HIS LEFT AND BROTHER GARRETT. MORIKAWA’S GRANDFATHER OWNED THE MORIKAWA RESTAURANT ON FRONT STREET IN LAHAINA. STILL HAS RELATIVES LIVING ON MAUI. EARLIER THIS WEEK, COLLIN AND
HIS WIFE CAT VISITED A FARM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LAHAINA RELIEF EFFORTS, IN THE GREENHOUSE, LEARNING ABOUT PRODUCE PRODUCTION. >> ARUGULA AS WELL. >> WE LOVE ARUGULA. PREPARED FOOD IN THE KITCHEN AND THEN BOXES FOR LAHAINA FAMILIES. HERE NOW, COLLIN WITH TODD LEWIS.
>> COLLIN, YOUR GRANDPARENTS OWN A RESTAURANT IN LAHAINA, YOU CAME HERE AS A KID GROWING UP TO VACATION. TAKE ME BACK TO AUGUST, WHEN YOU WERE READING ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING OR SEEING WHAT TRANSPIRED ON THE NEWS, HOW EMOTIONALLY IMPACTFUL WAS THAT FOR YOU? >> SHOCKED.
IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. I REALLY HAVEN’T HAD ANYTHING HIT THAT CLOSE TO HOME THAT CLOSE TO FAMILY, THROUGH MY ENTIRE LIFE AND TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO KNOW WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS GREW UP, IN THAT KIND OF AREA, HAVING A
LOT OF FAMILY, A LOT OF FRIENDS, IT IS JUST DEVASTATING. WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, FROM PHONE CALLS, AND THE VIDEOS WE’RE ALL SEEING, IT IS TERRIFYING. BUT FINALLY STEPPING OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS BROUGHT TO THESE
PEOPLE AND THE LIVES THAT — WHAT IT HAS DONE TO THEIR LIVES AND IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN’T COMPREHEND UNTIL YOU SEE IT FIRST HAND. >> HAVE YOUR FEELINGS CHANGED NOW THAT YOU’RE SEEING IT IN PERSON? ARE THEY MORE MOTIVATED? >> VERY EMOTIONAL.
I TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES ALREADY A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT IS VERY EMOTIONAL, VERY EMOTIONAL FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY BUILT UP THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, HAWAII IS ALL ABOUT CULTURE, ABOUT FAMILY, ABOUT THAT OHANA SPIRIT, RIGHT?
AND WHEN YOU SEE EVERYTHING COME TOGETHER, AND DRIVING ON BY, TO THE GOLF COURSE, IT IS HARD. >> IS IT INSPIRING FOR YOU THIS WEEK IN ANY WAY? >> IT IS. END GOAL IS TO WIN. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WEEKS LIKE THESE, THERE IS ALWAYS MORE
MEANING, I’M ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS WEEK IS ABOUT, AND THAT’S GOING TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS. I’M GOING TO HAVE THAT IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD, I’M GOING TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT, I’M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THEM AS WELL. THAT’S EXCITING.
>> SO YOU SOUND MOTIVATED. MECHANICALLY WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW, DO YOU THINK IN. >> GAME FEELS GREAT I’M READY TO BE BACK. IT WAS A VERY MUCH NEEDED OFF SEASON, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PAST KIND OF FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OF BEING A PRO.
IT IS NICE TO BE BACK OUT HERE KNOWING THIS TIME CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AND, LOOK, EVERYONE STARTS AT ZERO STARTING THIS WEEK AND WE WANT TO GET OFF TO A REALLY GOOD START, GUTBUT GAME FEELS GREAT. >> THAT HAS BEEN A BIG
DISTRACTION THIS ENTIRE — IT IS JUNE, THAT THE COMING TOGETHER, THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE PGA TOUR AND PIF. WHAT DO YOU HOPE HAPPENS? >> I HOPE WE ALL PLAY TOGETHER AGAIN. AT SOME LEVEL. IT IS SO MUCH BACK AND FORTH. I’VE ENJOYED THE YEAR, PAST
YEAR, TWO YEARS, I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN BETWEEN LIV AND THE PGA TOUR, BUT THE MAJORS ARE FUN BECAUSE YOU SEE EVERYONE. NOT THAT I TOOK IT FOR GRANTED BACK THEN, BUT YOU SAW EVERYONE. I HOPE TO SEE THAT AT SOME POINT, WHATEVER KIND OF
NEGOTIATION COMES THROUGH
