Jason Kokrak Wins USPGA Long Drive With 321 Yarder
The big-hitting American was the clear winner on Tuesday
The American won the annual USPGA Championship with a 321 yard drive in wet conditions
Jason Kokrak Wins USPGA Long Drive With 321 Yarder
The USPGA Championship's annual Tuesday Long Drive Competition took place in wet conditions and American Jason Kokrak won with a 321 yarder.
The American carried it 320 yards with just a yard of run out on the Quail Hollow's par-5 10th hole.
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Kokrak's high draw was set early at 10.40am, but stood for the rest of the day.
Nobody could get close to Kokrak's huge drive:
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Tyrrell Hatton came second with 316 yards, whilst world number one Dustin Johnson was a yard shorter in third place.
The leaderboard:
DJ's 315 yard drive:
Nicolas Colsaerts was fourth with 314 yards:
Rory McIlroy was fifth, hitting it 313 yards:
More swings and leaderboard below:
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US Open winner Brooks Koepka was seventh with 311 yards:
Here is Hideki Matsuyama's effort:
Here's 2005 USPGA Champion Phil Mickelson giving it a rip:
Leaderboard Jason Kokrak — 321 yards Tyrrell Hatton — 316 yards Dustin Johnson — 315 yards Nicolas Colsaerts — 314 yards Rory McIlroy — 313 yards Justin Thomas — 312 yards Brooks Koepka — 311 yards James Hahn — 309 yards Marc Leishman — 305 yards
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
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