Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open R4

Houston Open 2021 R4
November 11-14
Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas
$7,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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Jason Kokrak started the day two shots behind overnight leader Scottie Scheffler and was still two behind with six holes to play. He produced four consecutive birdies from the 13th and closed with two pars for a 65 to reach 10-under and win by two shots ahead of an all-American top-14.

Houston Open 2021 R4

“My game was not in top form [this week] and I definitely made the best of it, made a lot of birdies, made a lot of nice putts. The putter was hot this week and tried to give my self as many looks as possible, and when I was out of position, I just tried to limit the stress.”

Houston Open 2021 R4

Kokrak turned professional in 2008 and made over two hundred starts before winning his first PGA Tour title. He has now won three times following the 2021 CJ Cup @ Shadow Creek and the Charles Schwab Challenge.

“After Colonial I drove it pretty good, but I ended up cracking the driver I can’t remember how long after, but I struggled to find the one that I was really comfor table with. This week I drove it much better and hit the irons really good and putted well. I didn’t pitch it very well at all, but I tried to limit that. That’s why I kind of laid it up on a few of those holes down in the back nine, I knew I was hitting t he ball solid and I just wanted to give myself looks around this golf course is key.”

Houston Open 2021 R4

Scheffler fired five birdies and four bogeys to close with a 69 and a share of second place at 8-under alongside Kevin Tway (68) followed by Kramer Hickock (69) in fourth place at 7-under.

“So I’ll take from this I felt like I played a lot of good golf this week without really my best stuff,” said Scheffler. “I really felt uncomfortable with my ball-striking going into the week, but I gave myself a chance to win here in the end, I put myself in position on Sunday. I’d say today I just probably didn’t make enough putts. Outside of that, I definitely played good enough to win.”

Martin Trainer, who had only made nine cuts since his 2019 victory in the Puerto Rico Open, briefly held the lead after a 70-foot birdie putt at the 11th but had to settle for a share of fifth place at 6-under alongside Joel Dahmen (65) after making three bogeys over the last five holes.

Houston Open 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Jason Kokrak	-10	68	71	66	65	270
T2	Kevin Tway	-8	67	64	73	68	272
T2	Scottie Scheffler	-8	72	62	69	69	272
4	Kramer Hickok	-7	67	67	70	69	273
T5	Joel Dahmen	-6	70	69	70	65	274
T5	Martin Trainer	-6	65	65	74	70	274
T7	Robert Streb	-5	68	71	71	65	275
T7	Sam Burns	-5	70	67	71	67	275
T7	Cameron Tringale	-5	69	70	68	68	275
T7	Russell Henley	-5	65	72	68	70	275
T11	Denny McCarthy	-4	72	69	71	64	276
T11	Adam Long	-4	66	67	73	70	276
T11	Luke List	-4	65	71	69	71	276
T11	Matthew Wolff	-4	68	67	69	72	276
T15	Alex Smalley	-3	68	72	69	68	277
T15	Hank Lebioda	-3	67	72	69	69	277
T15	Cameron Smith	-3	71	69	68	69	277
T15	Vincent Whaley	-3	69	72	65	71	277
T19	Aaron Rai	-2	71	69	70	68	278
T19	Scott Piercy	-2	71	70	69	68	278
T19	Dylan Frittelli	-2	70	68	71	69	278
T19	Sungjae Im	-2	68	70	73	67	278
T19	Maverick McNealy	-2	71	68	70	69	278
T19	Max McGreevy	-2	68	67	72	71	278
T19	Marc Leishman	-2	65	70	71	72	278
T26	Aaron Wise	-1	73	66	71	69	279
T26	Ryan Palmer	-1	71	70	68	70	279
T26	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	67	69	68	75	279
T29	Davis Riley	Par	68	72	69	71	280
T29	Mackenzie Hughes	Par	71	69	69	71	280
T29	Mito Pereira	Par	69	72	70	69	280
T29	Kelly Kraft	Par	68	67	72	73	280
T29	Adam Schenk	Par	70	64	72	74	280
T29	Tyler Duncan	Par	69	72	73	66	280
T35	Matthias Schwab	+1	70	71	68	72	281
T35	Hudson Swafford	+1	70	70	71	70	281
T35	Chris Stroud	+1	74	67	70	70	281
T35	Max Homa	+1	72	67	73	69	281
T35	Stephan Jaeger	+1	68	72	72	69	281
T35	Bronson Burgoon	+1	72	69	71	69	281
T41	Keith Mitchell	+2	67	69	73	73	282
T41	Andrew Putnam	+2	67	70	74	71	282
T41	Chez Reavie	+2	70	69	70	73	282
T41	Wyndham Clark	+2	66	69	72	75	282
T41	Nick Taylor	+2	68	72	74	68	282
T46	Tom Hoge	+3	68	70	72	73	283
T46	J.J. Spaun	+3	72	66	73	72	283
T46	Matthew NeSmith	+3	68	67	76	72	283
T46	Lee Hodges	+3	69	72	67	75	283
T50	Kevin Streelman	+4	71	69	69	75	284
T50	Richy Werenski	+4	70	69	70	75	284
T50	Harry Higgs	+4	71	68	73	72	284
T50	Brice Garnett	+4	69	70	77	68	284
T54	Zach Johnson	+5	72	69	70	74	285
T54	Brian Harman	+5	67	74	71	73	285
T54	Adam Scott	+5	68	73	71	73	285
T54	Erik van Rooyen	+5	69	70	74	72	285
T54	Jim Herman	+5	69	70	76	70	285
T54	Jason Day	+5	67	74	74	70	285
60	Talor Gooch	+6	65	74	75	72	286
T61	Patrick Reed	+7	70	68	72	77	287
T61	Scott Stallings	+7	71	70	70	76	287
T61	Sahith Theegala	+7	70	71	70	76	287
T64	MJ Daffue	+8	68	73	72	75	288
T64	Lanto Griffin	+8	68	68	78	74	288
66	Brian Stuard	+9	71	70	73	75	289
67	Henrik Norlander	+10	71	69	72	78	290
CUT	Sangmoon Bae	+2	73	69			142
CUT	Peter Malnati	+2	69	73			142
CUT	Shane Lowry	+2	69	73			142
CUT	Russell Knox	+2	73	69			142
CUT	James Hahn	+2	76	66			142
CUT	Ian Poulter	+2	71	71			142
CUT	Tyler McCumber	+2	68	74			142
CUT	Paul Barjon	+2	74	68			142
CUT	Kyle Stanley	+2	73	69			142
CUT	Jason Dufner	+2	66	76			142
CUT	Peter Uihlein	+2	70	72			142
CUT	Tony Finau	+2	69	73			142
CUT	Sepp Straka	+2	70	72			142
CUT	Trey Mullinax	+2	71	71			142
CUT	Cam Davis	+3	70	73			143
CUT	Andrew Landry	+3	71	72			143
CUT	Brooks Koepka	+3	71	72			143
CUT	Tyrrell Hatton	+3	75	68			143
CUT	Sebastián Muñoz	+3	73	70			143
CUT	Nick Watney	+3	73	70			143
CUT	Shawn Stefani	+3	70	73			143
CUT	Dawie van der Walt	+3	70	73			143
CUT	Chad Ramey	+3	73	70			143
CUT	Joaquin Niemann	+3	70	73			143
CUT	Graeme McDowell	+3	68	75			143
CUT	Martin Laird	+3	69	74			143
CUT	Bill Haas	+3	71	72			143
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	+3	72	71			143
CUT	Taylor Moore	+3	71	72			143
CUT	Greyson Sigg	+3	68	75			143
CUT	Roger Sloan	+4	70	74			144
CUT	Jared Wolfe	+4	74	70			144
CUT	Cameron Sisk (a)	+4	72	72			144
CUT	Doc Redman	+4	73	71			144
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	+4	71	73			144
CUT	Stewart Cink	+4	70	74			144
CUT	C.T. Pan	+4	72	72			144
CUT	Ben Silverman	+4	67	77			144
CUT	J.T. Poston	+5	74	71			145
CUT	Seamus Power	+5	75	70			145
CUT	David Lipsky	+5	70	75			145
CUT	Adam Svensson	+5	73	72			145
CUT	John Huh	+5	72	73			145
CUT	Sam Ryder	+5	69	76			145
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	+5	71	74			145
CUT	Pat Perez	+6	70	76			146
CUT	Chesson Hadley	+6	70	76			146
CUT	Henrik Stenson	+6	72	74			146
CUT	Gary Woodland	+6	72	74			146
CUT	Brandon Hagy	+7	71	76			147
CUT	Jimmy Walker	+7	72	75			147
CUT	Branden Grace	+7	74	73			147
CUT	Nate Lashley	+7	72	75			147
CUT	Brian Gay	+7	69	78			147
CUT	Danny Willett	+8	72	76			148
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	+8	74	74			148
CUT	Gilbert Mendez	+8	73	75			148
CUT	Rodolfo Cazaubòn	+9	72	77			149
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	+9	75	74			149
CUT	Lee Westwood	+14	70	84			154
CUT	Chase Koepka	+17	77	80			157
W/D	Connor Arendell	Par	71	38			109
W/D	Francesco Molinari	Par	72	57			129
W/D	Harold Varner III	Par	77	60			137
W/D	Sung Kang	Par	74	42			116