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Jason Kokrak beams about the 75-year-old perk he got for winning last year’s Charles Schwab Challenge

“Our Christmas card with me and my family was all based around the truck.”

Holding off Jordan Spieth and his loud, doting galleries down the stretch to win the Charles Schwab Challenge last year at Colonial Country Club was a sterling achievement in Jason Kokrak’s career.

Receiving the seven-figure check and sizeable trophy felt great, too.

The red plaid jacket that goes to the winner fit perfectly, as well.

Yet another perk Kokrak received after winning his second of three career PGA Tour titles puts a smile on his face whenever he sees or thinks about it.

A renovated, light blue 1946 Dodge Power Wagon.

“I do drive it quite a bit,” Kokrak said Tuesday at Colonial before beginning defense of his title on Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas. “I’ve probably got about 550 miles on it now.

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“Picked my son up from school in it the day I left for the Byron Nelson, so driving up to the school, they knew I was coming. They didn’t know I was going to do it and drive the truck, but they were like, I can hear you coming in that thing.

“It’s pretty funny, people will stop in like the middle of the road when I’m stopped at a stop sign and take pictures of it, and you get the thumbs up all the time from the road crews and whoever is watching.”

The road isn’t the only place the truck has appeared.

“It’s been a really fun thing,” Kokrak said. “Our Christmas card with me and my family was all based around the truck, and it was in the pictures there. Something that I’ll remember forever.”

And now Kokrak, ranked No. 31 in the world, is eyeing another vehicle.

“And you never know? That Thunderbird might look pretty good next to it,” Kokrak said about the 1979 Pontiac Firebird that goes to the winner this year.

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‘Getting there’: Bryson DeChambeau cites endurance for his WD from the PGA Tour’s 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge

The eight-time winner on Tour hasn’t played since the Masters, where he missed the cut.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Bryson DeChambeau needs more time.

The 28-year-old withdrew from this week’s PGA Tour stop at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday while he continues to recover from a nagging wrist injury. John Huh will replace him in the field.

“I’m definitely close but don’t have the endurance for 4 full days yet. Getting there,” DeChambeau said in a text to Golfweek. “Taking a bit of time to make sure it’s fully healed.”

The eight-time winner on Tour hasn’t played since the Masters, where he missed the cut after struggling through the first two rounds with a 76 on Thursday and an 80 on Friday, his highest score in a major championship.

After arriving at Southern Hills last week for the PGA Championship, where he also withdrew, DeChambeau said: “It’s a day-to-day thing. If I can’t go this week, I’ll play next week. If I can’t play next week, it will be a week-to-week thing.”

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