Collin Morikawa plays on the PGA Tour and is one of the circuit’s biggest stars, rising to prominence in 2020 when he won the PGA Championship and The Open Championship in the following year at Royal St. George’s.
Often by his side at tournaments is Katherine Zhu, Morikawa’s long-time girlfriend whom he married in November 2022.
Here’s everything you need to know about Zhu and the couple’s relationship.
Collin Morikawa wife: Who is Katherine Zhu?
Katherine Zhu was born in Vancouver, Canada. The daughter of famous tennis player Mike Chu, she attended Zhuji Hailiang Private High School in China before returning to North America for college.
Zhu attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, California for four years where she studied towards a degree in international management. Zhu also played collegiate golf at Pepperdine, earning multiple WGCA All-American honours.
She has since credited the sport as being “such a big part of her life”, adding that, “it’s taught her to be strong when things aren’t going well.”
While collegiately she knows golf – holding a scoring average of 76.54 while at university – Zhu is also an avid tennis player just like her father.
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Collin Morikawa wife: How did they meet?
Zhu and Morikawa met when they were both in college, with the latter attending the nearby University of California, Berkeley.
“We met in college and just clicked,” Morikawa has since . “It’s crazy because I won my first college tournament that next week and we’ve done pretty good since – it’s really fun.”
