Mikumu Horikawa has been suffering from putting yips. In order to find a solution, he changed his short length putter to middle length for the first time.

He couldn't get on the roll on his front nine as he made the turn with a bogey, he tried to shift his mind by telling his caddy, "Let's make birdies on every hole from the 14th. I made up my mind to play aggressive, then I started to get my shots close to the pins and my putting also hot."
Rikuya was able to score 32 on his back nine and jumped up to 3T.

"This result is giving me confidence. I think my terrible putting became about average golfer level", joked Rikuya. "My shots are great, so maybe I can expect myself to be better from now on."

Mikumu's You Tube channel, which focuses on club settings and always has famous players such as Ryo Ishikawa as guest is getting popularity. He thinks he need to win his 2nd victory soon to make that You Tube channel to be persuasiveness.
"If I could perform the way I wish to be, I know I could be in contention. ANA Open is definitely one of the tournaments that I want to win. I hope the confidence I gained today will shift things go to brighter future."