Jason Kokrak | Wei Under Par

Aug

9

2017

Tuesday afternoon at the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow

By Stephanie Wei under PGA Championship

First things first, in the above photo, you can’t see that Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els are both wearing shorts. I’ve seen Els in shorts and I’m OK with it. I think today was the first time seeing Phil in them… and I just…it’s weird.

It was both a quiet and major news day on Tuesday at the PGA Championship. On a personal note (because I’m sure you care), I feel really behind because I was initially supposed to arrive on Sunday afternoon and then I pushed it back to Monday, but then because of inclement weather in the NYC area, flights were all delayed or canceled, so I didn’t get in until Tuesday afternoon (and my luggage didn’t arrive) — yep, off to a blazing good start! But all things considered, I can’t complain.

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#2017 Long Drive Contest, #2017 PGA Championship, #Charlotte, #Ernie Els, #Jason Kokrak, #Jay Monahan, #Justin Bieber, #Kevin Na, #NC, #Pete Bevacqua, #PGA of America, #Phil Mickelson, #Quail Hollow Club, #Rory McIlroy, #The Players Championship, #Tiger Woods

Jun

30

2013

Haas rules at AT&T National

By Stephanie Wei under PGA Tour

Haas wins a little over a month after his first child is born

After entering Sunday’s final round tied with Andres Romero, Roberto Castro and James Driscoll, Bill Haas pulled away and closed with a five-under 67 to win the AT&T National by three shots.

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#2013 AT&T National, #Andres Romero, #Bill Haas, #Congressional Country Club, #Jason Kokrak, #Roberto Castro

Oct

15

2012

Blixt blitz at Frys.Com Open

By Stephanie Wei under PGA Tour

FTW!

Besides Jonas Blixt’s can’t-miss-red shoes, what stood out on Sunday at the Frys.com Open was that he closed a tournament with conviction.

I took a gamble and tuned in to the Golf Channel yesterday afternoon to see if anything worth watching was happening in the second event of the last-ever “Fall Series” — due to the change in schedule from the calendar year to a fall start — and I saw a cluttered leaderboard with a handful of relative unknowns in the hunt, along with journeyman Tim Petrovic, who started the round seven shots behind 54-hole leader John Mallinger.

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#2012 Frys.Com Open, #Jason Kokrak, #Jonas Blixt, #Tim Petrovic

Jan

19

2012

Tidbits From Thursday at the Humana Challenge

By Stephanie Wei under PGA Tour

Camilo put a belly putter in play...I know, I know -- what belly?! /ba-dum-ching

Some notes and highlights from the first round of t~~he Bob Hope Classic~~ the Humana Challenge…

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#Camilo Villegas, #Danny Lee, #David Toms, #Dustin Johnson, #Humana Challenge, #Jason Kokrak, #Julius Erving, #La Quinta Country Club, #Nicklaus Private, #Palmer Private, #PGA West, #President Bill Clinton

Jan

12

2012

Random Rookie Thoughts, Sony Open Pre-Tourney Edition

By Stephanie Wei under PGA Tour

Kokrak: the next Dustin Johnson and/or Gary Woodland, et al.

To go from covering a 27-player limited field event in Kapalua to a 144-player full field event in Honolulu is similar to going from tending the bar at Fisher’s Island Golf Club to a club in Times Square on NYE — it’s a rather stark contrast. When I walked over to the practice area at Waialae Country Club on Wednesday, I felt like I’d just walked into a busy street in Manhattan after my quiet vacation in the country. Which isn’t a bad thing (though perhaps a little overwhelming at first). It was nice to be greeted by familiar faces and catch up with those I hadn’t seen since the playoffs and Fall Series.

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#2012 PGA Tour Rookies, #Danny Lee, #Erik Compton, #Jason Kokrak, #Miguel Angel Carballo, #Richard H. Lee, #Sony Open, #Waialae Country Club