Disqualifications in golf are quite rare. However, at the Travelers Championship on Friday, one PGA Tour player was subsequently "disqualified after failing ...
From there, Kokrak proceeded to strike his approach over the green and across a road, into the out of bounds area. The American had carded a 67 in the first round, but was four over in the second following his second double bogey of the day. So if it was your tee-shot that had gone OOB, you would now be playing three off the tee.
PGA Tour pro Jason Kokrak was DQ'd from the Travelers Championship after walking off the course following an OB shot on his final hole.
In texts with William McGirt, one of Kokrak’s playing partners on Friday, Sobel learned that the group took a long time to determine 1., that the ball was out of bounds and, 2., where the correct drop zone would be. At that point, Kokrak was four over on his round and fresh off a double bogey at the 8th, and he had no hope of making the cut. Kokrak, who is ranked No. 33 in the Official World Golf Ranking, has three PGA Tour wins in his career, all coming since 2020.
If this was the last shot Kokrak hits on the PGA Tour, it could go down as an all-time walk-off.
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The details are scant, but Jason Kokrak was involved in perhaps one of the most bizarre disqualifications on the PGA Tour this season.
He didn’t want to hold them up and was going to MC anyway. Texted with Will McGirt, who was playing with Kokrak. They didn’t realize the ball went OB. By the time he could figure out where to drop, the group behind was waiting. Well, he was going to miss the cut anyway. Although golf journalist Jason Sobel reported that Kokrak simply did not want to hold up the group behind and as he was going to miss the cut anyway he didn’t want to mess around. Some golf fans speculated that Kokrak was driving off to LIV Golf with the PGA Tour in his rear-view mirror. Jason Kokrak was disqualified from the Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour at TPC River Highlands.
Kokrak neither finished the final hole nor signed his scorecard, leading to a DQ, and potentially an epic walk-off from the PGA Tour.
But rather than go back to the original spot and take a penalty and finish out the hole, Kokrak took whatever balls he had left, hopped in his car and went home. The Action Network’s Jason Sobel texted with fellow Tour pro William McGirt, who played in Kokrak’s group on Friday and witnessed his finale. Having belted a drive of 327 yards into the left rough at the ninth hole of TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, his final hole of the day, the burly Kokrak had little to play for and it showed.
Jason Kokrak was disqualified for failing to record a score on his final hole and subsequently failing to return a scorecard.
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Jason Kokrak, the 33rd-ranked golfer in the world, is rumored to be joining the LIV Golf...
Kokrak would have had to go back to that spot in the bunker to hit his fourth shot. He was like, ‘I’m not walking back and holding them up.’ He came in here with us and signed cards (at the scoring area).... He didn’t storm off the golf course.” “He’s going to miss the cut anyway. Other reports indicated that Kokrak is expected to join the LIV Golf Invitational Series since he already is an international ambassador for Golf Saudi, joining in 2021. Kokrak hit his tee shot on the ninth hole at TPC River Highlands — his final one of the day — into the fairway bunker. They didn’t realize the ball had gone out of bounds.
Jason Kokrak, the 33rd ranked golfer in the world, is rumored to be joining the LIV Golf...
Other reports indicated that Kokrak is expected to join the LIV Golf Invitational Series since he already is an international ambassador for Golf Saudi, joining in 2021. Kokrak hit his tee shot on the ninth hole at TPC River Highlands — his final one of the day — into the fairway bunker. His next shot was skulled over the green, over the spectators, into the road and out of bounds.
CROMWELL, Conn. (WKBN) – Warren JFK grad Jason Kokrak's playing partner William McGirt told Action Network HQ's Jason Sobel that the former Eagle did not ...
Jason Kokrak was disqualified from the Travelers Championship on Friday after failing to finish his final hole and submit a scorecard.
He didn’t want to hold them up and was going to MC anyway. Kokrak reached the 18th hole four over following his second double bogey of the day. Kokrak was disqualified from the Travelers Championship on Friday after failing to finish his final hole and submit a scorecard, according to the PGA Tour.