San Antonio Express-News

Kokrak, Na rack up team win at Naples

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Jason Kokrak and Kevin Na birdied 12 of their last 13 holes Sunday in fourballs and closed with a 12-under 60 to rally from at three-shot deficit and win the QBE Shootout.

Kokrak and Na were five shots behind after a bogey on the par-3 fifth hole when they ran off nine straight birdies, seven of them by Na. And then it was Kokrak’s turn down the stretch, and he finished off the one-shot victory with a 6-foot birdie putt.

Four teams had a chance to win over the final two holes. Kokrak blasted a drive down the fairway and had wedge he hit into 6 feet below the cup. His final birdie staked the team to a two-shot lead, meaning the last two teams behind them had to hole out from the fairway to force a playoff.

Billy Horschel chipped in for birdie from near the water hazard as he and Sam Burns shot 61 to finish one shot behind. Horschel and Burns did not have a score worse than 62 all week.

Marc Leishman and Jason Day, who opened with a 56 and led all week, couldn’t keep pace.

Lexi Thompson, the only LPGA Tour player in the field, who also played Tiburon Golf Club last month in the LPGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championsh­ip, teamed with Bubba Watson and had to settle for a 68. They finished ninth in the 12-team field.

An takes Dothan: Na Rin An of South Korea closed with a 6-under 66 for a one-shot victory in the eight-round LPGA Q-series at Dothan, Ala., that awarded 46 players LPGA Tour status.

An is a two-time winner on the Korean LPGA Tour. She finished one shot ahead of Pauline Roussin-bouchard of France, who had a 72. Atthaya Thitkul of Thailand was another six shots behind after a 69.

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