HOUSTON – On Tuesday, Jason Kokrak considering withdrawing. He lifted a trophy on Sunday.
Kokrak claimed the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open for his third victory in his last 28 PGA TOUR starts. He’s been one of the TOUR’s most successful players since the start of last season, but there were several reasons this victory seemed unlikely.
He was struggling so much with his swing that his coach, Drew Steckel, considered flying in from Las Vegas for an emergency session. Then Kokrak made a mess of the final holes of his second round, a stretch that he termed “a debacle.