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practicing on the golf course, throwing a few balls out, and
it's been that creative side of hitting different shots.”

“It was a process of learning what in my swing do I do well?
To be honest, I have a little bowed wrist, not as bowed as
some people and the club is still fairly square. And I just
hold that, kind of turn, rotate, clear out the hips, and I'm
able to hit that little baby cut, what I've been known for the
past few years. Mentally, I know what my body does. I know
what my shots do. I just kind of stick to that. I've created
more shots. I've learned different shots throughout the bag,
but even through college, this is what I've been doing, and
I don't want to change anything just because guys are hit-
ting it higher and guys are hitting it farther. I've stuck to
what I've been doing, and I think I truly believe that what
I've learned throughout college was good enough out here.
Obviously, it's shown sometimes here and there that it's
solid enough.”

Morikawa won the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021
Open Championship. As of this writing, he was ranked
third in the world.

Two other players with strong ties to Las Vegas who are
major champions are DANIELLE KANG and INBEE PARK.
Kang recently represented the United States on the Solheim
Cup team and as of September 16 was 19th on the 2021 LPGA
Tour money list. Park, a 7-time major winner and Bishop
Gorman graduate, was 10th. Kang won the 2017 KPMG
Women’s PGA Championship and in 2020 was the VARE
Trophy winner for lowest scoring average with a 70.08.

Park’s major wins include the ANA Inspiration (2013), the
Women’s PGA (2013-15), the U.S. Women’s Open (2008,
2013) and the Women’s British Open (2015). She also won
the Gold Medal in 2016. She hopes to win more majors, but
even if she doesn’t, her goals have been met or eclipsed. “I
don't really have an exact number of how many majors I
want to win,” Park says. “I think I actually have definitely
gone beyond my number anyway. I've definitely achieved a
lot more than I really thought. Obviously, when you reach
seven, you're looking for eight. When you reach eight, you're
looking for nine. That's what I have been going with, and
every week I compete trying to win no matter if it’s my 20th
win, 30th win, it doesn't matter. I think you're just trying to
go one more.”
Inbee Park (Shutterstock)

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