Kokrak notches first PGA Tour victory

Jason K okra kw on a high-stakes shootout in Vegas to claim his first PGA Tour victory at the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek.

Ko kr ak, making his 233rd start on the PGA Tour, shot a final-round 64 and outdueled Xander Sch auf fe lei na Sunday showdown.

Kokrak has two wins on the Korn Ferry Tour, but they both came back in 2011. He has three runners-up and three third-place finishes since reaching the big stage in 2012 but now finally has a PGA Tour win on his résumé.

Kokrak had four straight birdies on Nos. 5 through 8 to charge into the lead on Sunday. He then birdied 10 and 11 to create a three-shot cushion.

Former Oklahoma State stand out T al or Gooch finished in fifth, four shots behind the champion.

TOUR OF CHAMPIONS: Phil Mickelson likes to play aggressively and found the PGA Tour Champions' stop at The Country Club of Virginia the perfect place to begin his preparations for the Masters.

Bombing drives like he will have to do against the younger set on the PGA Tour, Mickelson shot a 7-under 65 and became the third player — and second this year — to win his first two starts on the tour for players 50 and older. He slammed the door on Mike Weir with a back-nine surge Sunday in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic. Mickelson finished at 17-under 199, one off the event record set by Miguel Angel Jimenez last year.

EUROPEAN TOUR: Spanish golfer Adrian Otaegui captured his first stroke-play title on the European Tour after shooting 9-under 63 in the final round of the Scottish Championship to win by four shots on Sunday in Fife, Scotland. A hot streak of eight birdies in 11 holes from No. 5 saw Otaegui overhaul third-round leader Matt Wallace, who began the day with a three-stroke advantage but could only finish with a 71.