The propensity for the Hero World Challenge to produce controversial moments has been highlighted once more, after the two-times major champion Collin Morikawa was handed a penalty immediately before his final round in the Bahamas.
Morikawa’s caddie, Jonathan Jakovac, was found to have used numbers he had written in a greens book to offer advice as a putt was being lined up on the 4th hole of round three. Jakovac had deployed a spirit level on the practice putting green to deduce numbers; that in itself is not banned but writing them in a book is. Morikawa’s playing partner, Matt Fitzpatrick, overheard the discussion between player and caddie and later asked the PGA Tour’s chief referee, Stephen Cox, whether this was permitted. Morikawa was informed of the sanction during his warm-up for the closing round.
