Scottie Scheffler on Collin Morikawa's 'weird' tactic? "You definitely won't see me doing that"

Scottie Scheffler told reporters after taking the first round lead of the Travelers Championship his hands are far too sweaty to try Collin Morikawa's new tactic. 

Scheffler hit the front with an 8-under 62 at the PGA Tour's final signature event of the 2025 campaign but there was a lot of attention on Morikawa's behaviour.

The golfer alternated between playing some shots at TPC River Highlands with his glove on and some off. 

Two-time major winner Morikawa, 28, said he has been swinging well lately but has routinely missed '30 feet' left of his intended targets. 

"When it comes down to it, our hands are what makes us such good athletes and such good golfers is that we have so much feel," Morikawa said.  

"For some reason when I've taken the glove off this week, it's kind of worked. It's just -- problem is it's really hot and it's sweaty.

"But honestly, I started seeing shots that I was hitting, and even the bad ones were not good, but like that's kind of where I expect them to be.

"It was just a back-and-forth kind of thing."

Morikawa said primarily he was taking his glove off when hitting his wedges. 

He has never done it in competition before. 

"It's very, very weird," Morikawa said. "Trust me."

So what inspired it?

Morikawa said the thought popped into his head whilst he was practicing earlier in the week. 

"I was sitting on the range on Monday kind of working by myself, and I've done bare feet, so no shoes, and that normally works, but I don't think I'm going to do that," he joked. 

"It's just trying a bunch of things. Look, we're crazy. Honestly, we're crazy because we try a lot of things, but that's what makes us really good is we're trying to find the little things.

"Even though last week [at the US Open] I think I was top five or whatever in approach, it's like, I know I can get better and feel more comfortable. 

"Even though it ends up close, it's a comfort factor of just being less stressed out there."

Scheffler said he has also tried the tactic but his hands are far too sweaty.

"You definitely won't see me doing that," he said. 

Morikawa trails Scheffler by five strokes after round one. 

Masters champion Rory McIlroy is two strokes behind. 

Wyndham Clark and Keegan Bradley are also inside the top 10. 

Clark confirmed rumours of his outburst after his missed cut at the US Open were true. 

He has now apologised.