Jason Kokrak

Kokrak was born in Canada while his mother was visiting her native country. She returned with her new son to Ohio within a week to the state where he still resides. His favorite teams are the Ohio State Buckeyes and the professional sports teams in Cleveland. He believed he held dual citizenship in Canada and the United States but discovered he was not a U.S. citizen at age 14 when he traveled to Ireland for a junior tournament. After some difficulty, he returned to the United States and had to pass his citizenship test, which he did.
Two-time Ohio state medalist (2002-03) at John F. Kennedy High School in Warren. He also earned Division III all-state honors. He voted Ohio High School Golfer of the Year in 2003 before becoming a Xavier Musketeer, where he was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year on his way to becoming a four-year letter-winner.
In his first start in a PGA Tour event, he missed the cut as an amateur at the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont C.C. After turning professional, he played on the eGolf Tour in 2010 and won twice. He finished T-127th at the 2010 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, earning a card for the Korn Ferry Tour for 2011.
2011 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 16; In Money - 11; Top-10 Finishes - 5; Scoring Average - 69.13 (rank 3rd); money $338,092 (rank 4th); Winner, Albertsons Boise Open, Miccosukee Championship. His 4th-place money ranking earned him his PGA Tour card for 2012.
2012 Notes: Of 10 made cuts in 23 starts in the PGA Tour's regular season, managed his first career top-10 performance, T-9th at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He finished 178th on the FedExCup points list. But in the fall series, which was then part of the same season, finished T-2 at the Frys.com Open. That performance, along with a T-27th finish at the McGladrey Classic and a T-59th at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, elevated him from 167th to 119th on the money list, saving his Tour card for 2013.
2013 Notes: Made 15 of 25 cuts on the PGA Tour, with four top-10s. He placed 62nd in the final FedExCup standings. Best finish was T-3rd at the AT&T National. He finished four strokes behind champion Bill Haas.
2014 Notes: Was T-10th at the McGladrey Classic and 4th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He suffered a sports hernia and had surgery after the Players Championship. He said he was 75% and wasn't about to miss a major. But he missed the cut at the PGA Championship, his first event back from surgery. He went into the FedExCup playoffs and finished T-61st and T-16th, just missing advancing to the third playoffs event as he ended the year 73rd in the FedExCup race and 86th on the money list.
2015 Notes: He had a solid March with a streak in which he finished T-7th at the Valspar Championship, T-6th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and T-11th at the Valero Texas Open. He ended the year 100th in the FedExCup rankings and 97th on the money list.
2016 Notes: Played in 28 events, making 13 cuts. He was in the top 10 four times, matching his career-best finish on the PGA Tour with a T-2nd at the Northern Trust Open, one stroke behind winner Bubba Watson. With rounds of 71-68-68, he earned a final pairing with 54-hole leader Luke Donald at the RBC Heritage. At the beginning of the day, he was one behind Donald but posted a two-over 73 (including a double bogey on the final hole) to finish T-6th and five shots behind champion Branden Grace. His last two top-10s came during the FedExCup playoffs: T-7th at the Barclays and T-8th at the Deutsche Bank Championship. He finished 33rd in the FedExCup race and 50th on the money list.
2017 Notes: Played in 28 PGA Tour events, making 20 cuts. The only top-10 of the year was a 4th at the AT&T Byron Nelson. He finished 77th in the FedExCup rankings.
2018 Notes: Played in 29 PGA Tour events, making 21 cuts with four top-10 finishes. He finished 52nd in the final FedExCup standings. Placed T-7th at the Sanderson Farms Championship, T-8th at the CareerBuilder Challenge, and T-8th at the Valspar Championship. His best finish of the year was T-3rd at the Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, which earned him a British Open berth, but he missed the cut at Carnoustie. His season ended with a T-19th finish at the BMW Championship.
2019 Notes: Played in 24 PGA Tour events, making 23 cuts with five top-10 finishes. He was 14th in the FedExCup standings. He was T-9th at the Honda Classic, five shots behind winner Keith Mitchell. Next week, he finished T-10th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. At the Valspar Championship was T-2nd, a stroke behind winner Paul Casey. Kokrak fired a third-round 66 that included a hole-in-one on No. 15. After making the Valero Texas Open cut on the number at 1-under 143, he posted a bogey-free 7-under 65 in round three and a 4-under 68 in the final round to finish T-7th. He was T-6th at the Wyndham Championship. In the FedExCup playoffs, finished T-12th at the Northern Trust, T-19th at the BMW Championship, and 14th at the Tour Championship.
2020 Notes: Played in 20 PGA Tour events, making 11 cuts with three top-10 finishes. Ranked 42nd in the FedExCup standings. Finished T-8th at the WGC-HSBC Champions. Shot a final-round 64 to finish T-3rd at the Charles Schwab Challenge. He played in the FedExCup playoffs, where he was T-13th at the Northern Trust and T-6th at the BMW Championship. Shot a final-round 66 at Olympia Fields to finish three strokes out of the Rahm/Johnson playoff.
2021 Notes: Played in 27 PGA Tour events making 21 cuts with five top-ten finishes. He was T-11th in the FedExCup standings. Shot a final-round 64 at the CJ Cup @ Shadow Creek to win by two shots over Xander Schauffele. Kokrak earned his first PGA Tour title in his 233rd start after 10 years on Tour and at 35 years, 4 months, and 26 days. The key to Kokrak's win was his putting: He ranked first in Strokes Gained Putting for the week as he picked up 10.2 strokes over the field. He also had a career-best 14 putts made outside of 10 feet. Kokrak had a bit of a "home-field" advantage since he is the golf ambassador for MGM Resorts, which owns the course, and Kokrak has played a lot of golf at Shadow Creek. Shot an opening round of 62 to lead after day one at the Sony Open in Hawaii but struggled, shooting 71-66-72 to finish T-56th. He had three top-tens in three weeks as he was T-9th at the WGC-Workday at the Concession, T-8th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and T-9th at The Players Championship. He earned his second career PGA Tour title and second of the season, winning the Charles Schwab Challenge by two shots over Jordan Spieth. The win came 16 starts after his first career victory and in his 249th career Tour start at the age of 36 years, 8 days. Became the first player to win his first two Tour titles in the same season at age 35 or older since Francesco Molinari in 2018. In the FedExCup Playoffs, missed the cut at the Northern Trust, then T-15th at the BMW Championship. At the Tour Championship shot 67 in the final round to finish T-11th.
2022 Notes: Played in 22 PGA Tour events making 14 cuts with one top-ten finish. Was 55th in the FedExCup standings. Shot a final-round 65 to win the Houston Open by two shots over Scottie Scheffler and Kevin Tway, earning his third career PGA Tour title in his 260th career start at 36 years, 5 months, 23 days. He stood T-25th through 36 holes, the lowest position by a winner since Stewart Cink at the 2020 Fortinet Championship. Won the unofficial QBE Shootout with partner Kevin Na. Was T-14th at the Masters.
2023 Notes: Was T-18th at the Saudi International and T-13th at the International Series Oman.