In his 10th season on the PGA Tour, 35-year old Jason Kokrak won his very first tournament when he shot an eight-under (64) in the final round to defeat Xander Shauffele by two strokes. It was Shauffele’s third consecutive Top 5 finish.
Kokrak (-20) took home the first place prize of $1,755,000 and 500 FedExCup points.
Tyrrell Hatton, the leader after 18 holes, and Russell Henley, the leader after 54 holes finished in T-3 at (-17)
Tournament Notebook
Jason Kokrak’s victory came in his 233rd career start. His previous-best results on the PGA Tour included T-2, three times (2012 Safeway Open, 2016 The Genesis Invitational, 2019 Valspar Championship).
Kokrak led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting for the first time in his career. He made a career-best 14 putts outside of 10 feet.
Kokrak moves into fourth place in the FedExCup standings with the victory.
Defending CJ Cup champion Justin Thomas shot a final-round 74 to finish T-12 (-8).
Jason Day withdrew during the final round due to a neck injury. He entered the final round T-6 after rounds of 70-70-66 (-10).
Top of the Leaderboard at The CJ CUP
Jason Kokrak 70-66-68-64—268 (-20)
Xander Schauffele 66-64-74-66—270 (-18)
Tyrrell Hatton 65-68-73-65—271 (-17)
Russell Henley 66-68-67-70—271 (-17)
Talor Gooch 70-65-69-68—272 (-16)
Final Round Leaderboard Link
What They’re Saying
Kokrak Conquers Shadow Creek (PGA Tour dot com)
Kokrak’s Long-Awaiting PGA Tour Win (AP/ESPN dot com)
What’s In Kokrak’s Bag (PGA Tour dot com)
Next Up
The PGA Tour moves on to Thousand Oaks, California for the ZOZO Championship at Sherwood.
The Field as of October 19 (Link)
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