2021 Houston Open scores, grades: Jason Kokrak picks up third win in 13 months after nearly missing cut

The three-time PGA Tour winner nearly missed the cut on Saturday morning after a disastrous nine holes

Jason Kokrak pushed his chips in at the very end of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open on Sunday.The gamble paid off as he birdied four of his last six holes at Memorial Park Golf Course to shoot 65, get to 10 under on the week and defeat Kevin Tway by two.

The now-three-time PGA Tour winner almost failed to see the turn and the river on the weekend after his second round on Friday was postponed halfway through and he had to pick it back up in the cold on Saturday morning. Kokrak started the tournament scorching and came out on Saturday at 8 under, just two back of the lead after a round and a half. But he played the back nine of that suspended second round at Memorial Park in 41 (!) with two bogeys, a double and a triple while narrowly making the cut by two strokes.

It was flush, though, from there. He made 13 birdies over his final 36 holes, including four straight from Nos. 13-16 in Round 4 on Sunday to leapfrog a contingent that included Tway, Scottie Scheffler, Martin Trainer and Kramer Hickok. On a day when the second nine on this course was playing nearly a stroke over par, Kokrak played it in 4 under.