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[PGA TOUR]

JASON KOKRAK EARNS THIRD PGA TOUR TITLE AT

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE

HP 엔터프라이즈에서 세 번째 PGA 투어 타이틀을 거머쥔 제이슨 코크락

OUSTON (AP) — Jason Kokrak had reason to though he could have reached with a mid-iron. Kokrak hit
Hbelieve he shot himself out of the Hewlett Packard wedge to 5 feet for a fourth straight birdie.
Enterprise Houston Open on the back nine Saturday By then, he was on his way and finished at 10-under 270.
morning. He played it 10 shots better when it counted Scheffler, going after his first PGA TOUR victory, had a
Sunday afternoon, making four straight birdies for a two-shot lead when he made the turn. He didn't hit a green
5-under 65 and a two-shot victory. in regulation until the 15th, making three soft bogeys that
Two shots behind with six holes to play, Kokrak delivered left him too far behind to make a late run.
all the right shots to pull away from a fading Scottie Scheffler had a long two-putt birdie on the 16th to get
Scheffler and Martin Trainer and win for the third time within three shots and nearly drove the green on the par-4
in the last 13 months. 17th, only to hit a pedestrian chip and fail to make birdie.
“Very blessed to be standing here,” Kokrak said. He birdied the final hole for a 69 and tied for second with
Kokrak couldn't help but think back to Saturday morning, Kevin Tway (68).
when he returned to complete the second round and Trainer, who made only his ninth cut in 71 starts since his
went the other direction. He played seven holes in 7-over victory in the 2019 Puerto Rico Open, took the lead on the
par for a 41 that left him 10 shots behind after 36 holes. 11th hole by rolling in a 70-foot birdie across the green,
What a turnaround on Sunday. and then he calmly saved par with an 8-foot putt.
Kokrak holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 13th to get in the But he couldn't make up ground on the some of the
mix and then made a 25-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole, scoring holes, took a bogey on the 14th and then fell back
the toughest at Memorial Park, to get within one shot. He for good with bogeys on his last two holes for a 70.
hit wedge on the 115-yard 15th hole with a front pin to 6 Matthew Wolff was among six players who had at least a
feet to tie for the lead. share of the lead in opening hour, courtesy of five players
He had enough mud on his golf ball from rain earlier in being within one shot of Scheffler to start the final round.
the week that he chose to lay up on the par-5 16th, even He fell back with bogeys, and then made a hole-in-one

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