Collin Morikawa

{{short description|American professional golfer (born 1997)}}

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| birth_place = {{nowrap|Los Angeles, California, U.S.{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.50525.collin-morikawa.html |title=Collin Morikawa – Profile |publisher=PGA Tour}}}}

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| weight = 160 lb

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| residence = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

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| college = University of California, Berkeley

| yearpro = 2019

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| extour = European Tour

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Collin Morikawa (born February 6, 1997) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He began his PGA Tour career with 22 consecutive made cuts, second only to Tiger Woods' 25-cut streak.{{Cite web |last=Melton |first=Zephyr |date=June 26, 2020 |title=Collin Morikawa had an impressive streak come to a close at the Travelers |url=https://golf.com/news/collin-morikawa-impressive-streak-end-travelers/ |access-date=July 9, 2020 |website=Golf.com}} Morikawa has six PGA Tour wins – including two major championships, the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 Open Championship, winning both in his debut. In May 2018, Morikawa spent three weeks as the top-ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.{{cite web |date=May 2, 2018 |title=Week 17 – Tavatanakit matches Vu to join top 10 |url=http://www.wagr.com/en/News/2018/April/Week%2017.aspx |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking}}{{cite web |date=May 23, 2018 |title=Week 20 – Ghim Moves to Number One with Raleigh Win |url=https://www.wagr.com/news/2018/may/week-20 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking}} He also became the first American to win the Race to Dubai on the European Tour.

Amateur career

Morikawa played collegiate golf at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2015 to 2019, winning five times, including the 2019 Pac-12 Conference Championship.{{cite web |title=Collin Morikawa |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10592/collin-morikawa |access-date=July 1, 2016 |work=ESPN}}{{cite web |url=https://calbears.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/collin-morikawa/13559 |title=2018–19 Men's Golf Roster: Collin Morikawa |publisher=Cal Bears |access-date=July 9, 2020}} Aside from his collegiate wins, he won the Western Junior, Trans-Mississippi Amateur, Sunnehanna Amateur and the Northeast Amateur. He played on the winning Arnold Palmer Cup team in 2017 and 2018, the winning Walker Cup team in 2017 and the Eisenhower Trophy team in 2018 that finished second by one stroke. In May 2018, he spent three weeks as the top-ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Professional career

=2019=

Morikawa made his debut as a professional at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, where he tied for 14th place. On July 7, Morikawa tied for second at the 3M Open. On July 14, he tied for 4th at John Deere Classic. With that finish, Morikawa secured PGA Tour membership for the 2019–20 season.{{cite news |last=Romine |first=Brentley |date=July 14, 2019 |title=Morikawa clinches Tour card for next season; Hovland, Redman add to FedExCup hauls |work=Golf Channel |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/collin-morikawa-clinches-tour-card-next-season-viktor-hovland-doc-redman-add-fedexcup-hauls |access-date=July 14, 2019}} Morikawa then won his first PGA Tour event two weeks later, at the Barracuda Championship – beating Troy Merritt by three points.{{cite news |last=Gray |first=Will |date=July 28, 2019 |title='The gates are open': Morikawa rallies for breakthrough win at Barracuda |work=Golf Channel |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/collin-morikawa-rallies-breakthrough-win-barracuda-championship |access-date=July 28, 2019}}

=2020=

On June 14, Morikawa tied for the lead of the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge after 72 holes. This was the first PGA Tour tournament played after a three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Morikawa missed a short par putt on the first playoff hole to lose to Daniel Berger.{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |date=June 14, 2020 |title=Daniel Berger beats Collin Morikawa in sudden-death playoff at Colonial |work=CBC |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/daniel-berger-pga-tour-colonial-golf-return-1.5611992}}

On June 26, Morikawa missed his first cut on the PGA Tour at the Travelers Championship, ending a streak of 22 consecutive made cuts, the second-longest streak to start a professional career to the 25 made by Tiger Woods.

On July 12, Morikawa beat Justin Thomas in a playoff to win his second PGA Tour title at the Workday Charity Open. The win was the first non-alternate PGA Tour victory for him.{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |date=July 12, 2020 |title=Collin Morikawa caps wild comeback in sudden-death playoff at Workday Charity Open |work=CBC |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/workday-charity-open-sunday-pga-1.5646885}} Morikawa rallied from a three-shot deficit with three holes remaining, and made a 25-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to stay alive, before winning with a par on the third playoff hole.

On August 9, Morikawa won the 2020 PGA Championship to win a major in only his second major championship start.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/aug/10/collin-morikawa-seizes-the-day-to-claim-us-pga-championship-victory |title=Collin Morikawa seizes the day to claim US PGA Championship victory |date=August 10, 2020 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=August 10, 2020}} His final round of 64 tied the lowest final round score shot by a PGA Champion, matching Steve Elkington in the 1995 PGA Championship.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/news/2020/08/09/collin-morikawa-wins-first-major-pga-championship-tpc-harding-park.html |title=Morikawa comes of age at PGA Championship |date=August 10, 2020 |last=Everill |first=Ben |publisher=PGA Tour}} With his win, Morikawa was the third youngest golfer to win the PGA Championship when he won the event at age 23.{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Brian |title=Collin Morikawa Delivers Magic at the P.G.A. Championship |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/sports/golf/pga-championship-collin-morikawa.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020}} Morikawa was also the fourth golfer to win the PGA Championship before turning 24 years old.

=2021=

On February 28, Morikawa won the 2021 WGC-Workday Championship at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. Morikawa won by three strokes over Billy Horschel, Viktor Hovland and Brooks Koepka.{{cite web |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/02/28/collin-morikawa-wins-wgc-workday-championship/ |date=February 28, 2021 |access-date=March 1, 2021 |title=Collin Morikawa honors Tiger Woods with WGC-Workday Championship win |website=Golfweek |first=Steve |last=DiMeglio }}

On July 18, Morikawa won the 2021 Open Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club in Kent, England. Morikawa won by two strokes over Jordan Spieth. He became the first player since Bobby Jones in 1926 to win two majors in eight or fewer starts.{{cite news |last=Farmer |first=Sam |title=Collin Morikawa makes history with two-shot victory at British Open |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-07-18/collin-morikawa-wins-british-open-second-major |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 19, 2021 |date=July 18, 2021}} He also became the first player to win two different majors in his debut appearance.{{cite magazine |last=Hawkins |first=John |title=Collin Morikawa Wins British Open at Royal St. George's for Second Major Title |url=https://www.si.com/golf/news/collin-morikawa-wins-2021-british-open-at-royal-st-georges-for-second-major-title |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=July 19, 2021 |date=July 18, 2021}}

In August, Morikawa finished in a tie for 3rd place at the Olympic Games. He lost in a 7-man playoff for the bronze medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12176/12369583/tokyo-olympics-xander-schauffele-wins-golf-gold-as-rory-mcilroy-paul-casey-miss-out-on-medals |title=Tokyo Olympics: Xander Schauffele wins golf gold as Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey miss out on medals |website=Sky Sports |first=Ali |surname=Stafford |date=August 1, 2021}}

In September, Morikawa played on the U.S. team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Morikawa went 3–0–1 including a tie in his Sunday singles match against Viktor Hovland.

In November, he won the European Tour's season ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. He also became the first American to win the Race to Dubai.{{cite news |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2021/11/21/morikawa-becomes-1st-american-to-be-european-tours-no-1/49413289/ |title=Morikawa becomes 1st American to be European Tour's No 1 |newspaper=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=November 21, 2021}}

=2022=

In February, Morikawa shot a final-round 65 at the Genesis Invitational to finish tied-second; two shots behind Joaquín Niemann.{{cite web |url=https://www.fantasypros.com/pga/news/342623/collin-morikawa-earns-t2-finish-2022-genesis-invitational.php |title=Collin Morikawa earns T2 finish at 2022 Genesis Invitational |website=Fantasy Pros |first=Matthew |surname=MacKay |date=February 21, 2022 |access-date=March 1, 2022}}

= 2023 =

At the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January, Morikawa held a six shot lead after 54 holes. He played the first 67 holes of the tournament without a bogey, but then made three consecutively and ultimately finished second; two strokes behind Jon Rahm. This tied Morikawa for the PGA Tour record for largest 54-hole lead squandered.{{cite magazine |title=Collin Morikawa joins list of largest blown 54-hole leads in PGA Tour history |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/collin-morikawa-list-largest-blown-54-hole-leads-pga-tour/ |magazine=Golfweek |first=Todd |last=Kelly |date=January 9, 2023 |access-date=January 9, 2023}}

In February, he finished solo third at the Farmers Insurance Open, three shots behind Max Homa.{{Cite web |title=Farmers Insurance Open: Max Homa wins at Torrey Pines as Jon Rahm misses out on PGA Tour three-peat |url=https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/12798100/farmers-insurance-open-max-homa-wins-at-torrey-pines-as-jon-rahm-misses-out-on-pga-tour-three-peat |date=January 29, 2023 |access-date=July 1, 2023 |work=Sky Sports}}

In July, Morikawa tied for the lead at the Rocket Mortgage Classic after 72 holes, shooting a bogey-free 8-under 64. He lost to a birdie from Rickie Fowler on the first playoff hole, finishing tied-second with Adam Hadwin.{{Cite magazine |date=July 2, 2023 |title=Rickie Fowler survives three-way playoff for dramatic win at 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/07/02/rickie-fowler-2023-rocket-mortgage-classic-leaderboard-collin-morikawa-adam-hadwin/ |access-date=July 3, 2023 |magazine=Golfweek |first=Adam |last=Schupak}}

In October, Morikawa won the Zozo Championship, ending a 27-month winless drought on the PGA Tour.{{cite news |last=Wade |first=Stephen |title=Collin Morikawa wins Zozo Championship in Japan for first PGA Tour title in more than two years |url=https://apnews.com/article/collin-morikawa-zozo-championship-japan-eed71e6e63e302b453fd64c5cb096d42 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=October 22, 2023 |date=October 22, 2023}}

Personal life

The son of Debbie and Blaine Morikawa, Morikawa was born in Los Angeles, California,{{cite web |title=Collin Morikawa |publisher=European Tour |url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/43410/ |access-date=March 25, 2022}} and is of Chinese-Japanese descent. He graduated from La Cañada High School in La Cañada Flintridge, California, in Los Angeles County. Morikawa graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019 with a degree in business administration.

In December 2021, Morikawa got engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Katherine Zhu.{{cite web |first=Ben |last=Everill |title=Collin Morikawa announces engagement |publisher=PGA Tour |url=https://www.pgatour.com/news/2021/12/02/collin-morikawa-announces-engagement-katherine-zhu.html |date=December 2, 2021}} They were married on November 26, 2022.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/college/cal/other-sports/morikawa-marries |title=Former Cal Golfer Collin Morikawa Marries Long-Time Girlfriend Katherine Zhu |first=Jeff |last=Faraudo |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=November 29, 2022 |access-date=November 30, 2022}}

Amateur wins

  • 2013 Western Junior
  • 2015 Trans-Mississippi Amateur{{cite web | url=http://www.trans-miss.org/2015transmisschampion.news | title=Collin Morikawa Wins 112th Trans-Miss |website=trans-miss.org |date=July 9, 2015}}
  • 2016 Silicon Valley Amateur,{{cite web |url=https://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/15955/AGC-Silicon-Valley-Am--Morikawa-and-Donnelly-Claim-Titles |title=AGC Silicon Valley Am: Morikawa And Donnelly Claim Titles |website=amateurgolf.com |date=January 17, 2016}} Sunnehanna Amateur{{cite magazine |url=http://golfweek.com/2016/06/18/amateur-men-cal-collin-morikawa-closes-62-win-sunneha/ | title=Cal's Collin Morikawa closes with 62 to win Sunnehanna Amateur |first=Brentley |last=Romine |date=June 18, 2016 |magazine=Golfweek}}
  • 2017 ASU Thunderbird Invitational, Northeast Amateur
  • 2018 Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, Querencia Cabo Collegiate, Annual Western Intercollegiate
  • 2019 The Farms Invitational, Pac-12 Championship

Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/collin-morikawa-3834 |title=Collin Morikawa |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=March 11, 2019}}

Professional wins (7)

=PGA Tour wins (6)=

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! Legend

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| Major championships (2)

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| World Golf Championships (1)

Other PGA Tour (3)

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!To par!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|Jul 28, 2019

|Barracuda Championship

|colspan=2 align=center|47 pts (13-7-13-14=47)

|3 points

|{{flagicon|USA}} Troy Merritt

align=center|2

|align=right|Jul 12, 2020

|Workday Charity Open

|align=right|65-66-72-66=269

|align=center|−19

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Thomas

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|3

|align=right|Aug 9, 2020

|PGA Championship

|align=right|69-69-65-64=267

|align=center|−13

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Casey, {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson

style="background:#dfe2e9;"

|align=center|4

|align=right|Feb 28, 2021

|WGC-Workday Championship

|align=right|70-64-67-69=270

|align=center|−18

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Horschel, {{flagicon|NOR}} Viktor Hovland,
{{flagicon|USA}} Brooks Koepka

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|5

|align=right|Jul 18, 2021

|The Open Championship

|align=right|67-64-68-66=265

|align=center|−15

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Spieth

align=center|6

|align=right|Oct 22, 2023

|Zozo Championship1

|align=right|64-73-66-63=266

|align=center|−14

|6 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Eric Cole, {{flagicon|USA}} Beau Hossler

1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but unofficial event on that tour.

PGA Tour playoff record (1–3)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|1

|2020

|Charles Schwab Challenge

|{{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Berger

|Lost to par on first extra hole

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|align=center|2

|2020

|Workday Charity Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Thomas

|Won with par on third extra hole

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|align=center|3

|2021

|Memorial Tournament

|{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Cantlay

|Lost to par on first extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|4

|2023

|Rocket Mortgage Classic

|{{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler, {{flagicon|CAN}} Adam Hadwin

|Fowler won with birdie on first extra hole

=European Tour wins (4)=

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! Legend

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| Major championships (2)

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| World Golf Championships (1)

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| Tour Championships (1)

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| Rolex Series (1){{efn|The DP World Tour Championship, Dubai is also a Rolex Series tournament.}}

Other European Tour (0)

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!To par!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|1

|align=right|Aug 9, 2020

|PGA Championship

|align=right|69-69-65-64=267

|align=center|−13

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Casey, {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson

style="background:#dfe2e9;"

|align=center|2

|align=right|Feb 28, 2021

|WGC-Workday Championship

|align=right|70-64-67-69=270

|align=center|−18

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Horschel, {{flagicon|NOR}} Viktor Hovland,
{{flagicon|USA}} Brooks Koepka

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|3

|align=right|Jul 18, 2021

|The Open Championship

|align=right|67-64-68-66=265

|align=center|−15

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Spieth

style="background:thistle;"

|align=center|4

|align=right|Nov 21, 2021

|DP World Tour Championship, Dubai

|align=right|68-68-69-66=271

|align=center|−17

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Alexander Björk, {{flagicon|ENG}} Matt Fitzpatrick

Playoff record

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|1

|2016

|Air Capital Classic
(as an amateur)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ollie Schniederjans, {{flagicon|USA}} J. J. Spaun

|Schniederjans won with birdie on second extra hole

Major championships

=Wins (2)=

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!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner(s)-up

style="background:#D8BFD8;"

| 2020

PGA Championship2 shot deficit−13 (69-69-65-64=267)2 strokes{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Casey, {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson
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| 2021

The Open Championship1 shot deficit−15 (67-64-68-66=265)2 strokes{{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Spieth

=Results timeline=

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

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!Tournament

!2019!!2020!!2021!!2022!!2023!!2024!!2025

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T44

|T18

|style="background:yellow;"|5

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|style="background:yellow;"|T3

|T14

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:lime;"|1

|style="background:yellow;"|T8

|T55

|T26

|style="background:yellow;"|T4

|T50

align=left|U.S. Open

|T35

|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|T4

|style="background:yellow;"|T5

|T14

|T14

|

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:lime;"|1

|CUT

|CUT

|T16

|

{{legend|lime|Win}}

{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}

{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

=Summary=

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!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made

align=left|Masters Tournament00123566
align=left|PGA Championship10023366
align=left|U.S. Open00022465
align=left|The Open Championship10011242
Totals20179142219

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2020 Masters – 2022 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2021 PGA – 2022 Masters)

Results in The Players Championship

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!Tournament

!2021!!2022!!2023!!2024!!2025

align=left|The Players Championship

|T41

|CUT

|T13

|T45

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

World Golf Championships

=Wins (1)=

class="wikitable"

!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runners-up

style="background:#ffd6d6;"

|2021

|WGC-Workday Championship

|2 shot lead

|−18 (70-64-67-69=270)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Horschel, {{flagicon|NOR}} Viktor Hovland,
{{flagicon|USA}} Brooks Koepka

=Results timeline=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Tournament !! 2020!!2021!!2022!!2023

align="left"|Championship

|T42

|style="background:lime;"|1

|colspan=2 style="background:#D3D3D3;"|

align="left"|Match Play

|NT1

|T56

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|T28

align="left"|Invitational

|T20

|T26

|colspan=2 style="background:#D3D3D3;"|

align="left"|Champions

|NT1

|NT1

|NT1

|colspan=1 style="background:#D3D3D3;"|

1Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

{{legend|lime|Win}}

{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}

{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

NT = No tournament

"T" = Tied

Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Notes

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References

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