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Steve DiMeglio

‘It sucked’: Collin Morikawa hands over Claret Jug, begins British Open prep at Old Course to reclaim it

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Collin Morikawa’s possession of the Claret Jug came to an end Monday morning.

It was not an easy separation.

“It sucked. It really did,” Morikawa said in his pre-tournament meeting with the media Monday at the Old Course, home to the 150th Open Championship. “I woke up this morning and looked at it. The replica is beautiful, but it’s not the same. It really isn’t. It will never be.

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