{"id":438144,"date":"2026-05-05T00:58:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=438144"},"modified":"2026-05-05T00:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:58:44","slug":"scottie-scheffler-and-collin-morikawa-skipping-truist-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/scottie-scheffler-and-collin-morikawa-skipping-truist-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa Skipping Truist Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Truist Championship up next on the PGA Tour\u2019s schedule, the field is taking shape.\u00a0 Rory McIlroy will be attending this signature event and is the favorite to win the tournament.\u00a0 In fact, most of the top players are on the ticket for this weekend.\u00a0 However, there will be a few absences for the tournament, including Collin Morikawa and the world no. 1, Scottie Scheffler.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Scheffler Won\u2019t Attend<\/span><\/h2>\n

For Scottie Scheffler, his absence is for preparation.\u00a0 The event following the Truist Championship is a major.\u00a0 The PGA Championship, to be exact, and currently, Scheffler is the reigning champion.\u00a0 He wants to defend that title next week and wants to be in optimal condition to do so.\u00a0 This tends to be the <\/span>case with events surrounding the majors.\u00a0 Players who already secured their position in the majors want to be in the best condition going in.\u00a0 Sheffler even did this right before the Masters, on top of caring for a newborn<\/a>.\u00a0 This has also given McIlroy a better shot at the Truist Championship.\u00a0 Still riding high from his victory at the 2026 Masters<\/a>, McIlroy is bringing some winning energy to the signature event.<\/p>\n

Collin Morikawa Absent From The Truist<\/span><\/h2>\n

For Collin Morikawa, his absence has not been given a reason at the time of writing.\u00a0 However, speculation is pinning it on more practical reasons of the medical variety.\u00a0 Scheffler is sitting this one out for preparation, while Morikawa has to worry about his back<\/a>.\u00a0 Since he injured his back during the Players Championship, Morikawa has been taking an experimental approach to see how well he can play.\u00a0 Although he admitted that it\u2019s not the best method during the RBC Heritage.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not really the place to be testing, middle of a tournament, or any day out here for me, especially with where I\u2019m at,” Morikawa continued. “But when I\u2019m at home next week, I\u2019ll be able to see how comfortable can I really get, and hopefully we can just get back to normal in a short period of time. It\u2019s been a grind. The two weeks of golf have felt like a full year of golf, just grinding through it, playing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Morikawa went on to say that he has learned a lot about himself during this experimental time.\u00a0 With how his body works, and his current limits, while his back is still recovering.\u00a0 It\u2019s not been an easy experience, as he has stated.\u00a0 He finished T 62 during the Cadillac Championship, so he still has room for improvement.\u00a0 For the Truist Championship, Morikawa\u2019s spot will be filled by Andrew Putnam.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Truist Without Scheffler Or Morikawa<\/span><\/h2>\n

Although the two won\u2019t be at the Turist this year, the event is still packed to the brim with some top players.\u00a0 Most of the players attending were in the top 50 for the FedEx Cup last year.\u00a0 Both Fitzpatrick brothers will be at the event, and Alex Fitzpatrick is still fresh off the win that earned him his Tour Card.\u00a0 There\u2019s plenty to see at this year’s Truist, even if a major is overshadowing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main Photo Credit:\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Romance-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the Truist Championship up next on the PGA Tour\u2019s schedule, the field is taking shape.\u00a0 Rory McIlroy will be attending this signature event and is the favorite to win the tournament.\u00a0 In fact, most of the top players are on the ticket for this weekend.\u00a0 However, there will be a few absences for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5429,"featured_media":438145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,246,19],"tags":[119,154,8099],"class_list":["post-438144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-golf-news","category-pga","tag-collin-morikawa","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-truist-championship"],"modified_by":"Taylor Craig","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438147,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438144\/revisions\/438147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}