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The Byron Nelson

Golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour

Summary

Golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour

Field	Value
name	The Byron Nelson
image	The Byron Nelson.png
location	McKinney, Texas
establishment	1944
org	Salesmanship Club of Dallas
course	TPC Craig Ranch
par	71
yardage	7569 yd
tour	PGA Tour
format	Stroke play
purse	$9,900,000
month_played	May
aggregate	253 Scottie Scheffler (2025)
to-par	−31 as above
current_champion	USA Scottie Scheffler
coordinates
map	United States#Texas
map_label	TPC Craig Ranch
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Texas
map_relief	yes
map_size	230

| to-par = −31 as above The Byron Nelson is a golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, currently hosted by TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, northeast of Dallas. Held in May, it is one of two PGA Tour stops in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – which until the 2020-21 PGA Tour, was the only metropolitan area to host two events on separate courses in the area (Las Vegas and Savannah have since hosted two events on two separate courses, both of which were pandemic-related changes). The tournament is the leading fundraiser for charity on the PGA Tour and has raised more than $143 million. For much of its history, it was the only PGA Tour stop named after a professional golfer, and remains one of only two such events, along with the Arnold Palmer Invitational. As host, Byron Nelson (1912–2006) commonly made appearances during the tournament. It is hosted by the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, a 600-member civic organization, and has benefited the club's nonprofit Momentous Institute since its inception.

For its first several decades, the tournament was played at various courses in Dallas. Nelson, a Texas native raised in Fort Worth, was the tournament's first winner in 1944, when it was played at Lakewood Country Club. The following year it was played at Dallas Country Club, and then in 1946 moved to Brook Hollow Golf Club. For the better part of the next decade the event was not contested, until two iterations of it were held in 1956, both at Preston Hollow Country Club. In 1957, the event moved to Glen Lake Country Club before it began a decade-long relationship with Oak Cliff Country Club, from 1958 to 1967.

In 1968, the event was renamed the Byron Nelson Golf Classic and its title, through a series of sponsors, has continuously included Nelson's name. That same year the event moved to Preston Trail Golf Club, where it was played through 1982, then moved to venues in Irving: Las Colinas Sports Club (1983–1985) and TPC at Las Colinas (1986–1993).

Beginning in 1994, the tournament was played at two courses, the Tournament Players Course and the Cottonwood Valley Course, both located at the Four Seasons. Previously only the TPC was used, but since the tournament was played in May (during the height of the North Texas storm season), the weather played havoc with the tournament in some years, causing several delays and shortened tournaments. Therefore, the decision was made to add the Cottonwood Valley course in order to shorten the amount of time needed to complete the first two rounds. The first two rounds were played on both courses (each player played one round on each course); after the cut was determined, the TPC is used exclusively for the final two rounds. However, in 2008 the tournament reverted to using only the TPC course, which was significantly renovated.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) bought the previous title sponsor, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in mid-2008. The agreement ran through 2014, with AT&T becoming the title sponsor in 2015. The tournament moved from the Four Seasons course in Irving to the new Trinity Forest Golf Club, southeast of downtown Dallas, in 2018. Not played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it moved north to TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney in 2021. In 2024, CJ Group replaced AT&T as title sponsor under a ten-year agreement, rebranding it as the CJ Cup Byron Nelson (reusing a title previously used for a former fall event hosted in South Korea and later the aforementioned replacement events in Las Vegas and Savannah).

Tournament highlights

1956: Peter Thomson, a five-time winner of The Open Championship shoots a final round 63, then makes birdie on the first two holes of sudden death to defeat Gene Littler and Cary Middlecoff. It was his one and only PGA Tour victory in the United States.
1970: Jack Nicklaus defeated Arnold Palmer in a sudden-death playoff.
1976: Mark Hayes becomes the first wire-to-wire winner of the Nelson.
1981: Bruce Lietzke defeated Tom Watson in a playoff spoiling Watson's bid for a fourth straight Nelson triumph.
1985: Bob Eastwood defeated Payne Stewart in a playoff after coming to the 72nd hole trailing Stewart by three shots. Eastwood made birdie on the final hole while Stewart made double bogey. Stewart made yet another double bogey on the first hole of sudden death to give Eastwood the title.
1994: Neal Lancaster won the first ever six-player sudden death playoff in PGA Tour history. He made a birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Tom Byrum, Mark Carnevale, David Edwards, Yoshi Mizumaki, and David Ogrin.
2005: Tiger Woods' record streak of 142 cuts made came to an end at this tournament.
2006: After graduating from Q school, Brett Wetterich's win propels him to a surprise Ryder Cup appearance.
2008: Australian Adam Scott sank a 48 ft putt on the third playoff hole to clinch victory over American Ryan Moore.
2010: At age 16, Jordan Spieth (the defending U.S. Junior Amateur champion, and a student at nearby Jesuit College Preparatory School) became the youngest player to play in the tournament, courtesy of a sponsor's exemption (the first one granted since 1995). Spieth made the cut (becoming the sixth-youngest person in PGA Tour history to make a professional tour event cut) and finished in sixteenth place. (The next year, he was granted another sponsor's exemption, made the cut, and finished in 32nd place.)
2013: Keegan Bradley hits a course-record 60 (−10) in the first round, leads after each of the first three rounds, but Bae Sang-moon earned the win.
2018: Aaron Wise sets the tournament record.
2019: Kang Sung-hoon won his first PGA Tour title in his 159th start. Scott Piercy went bogey-free for the entire tournament, becoming the first to do so in a 72-hole PGA Tour event since Charles Howell III at the 2010 Greenbrier Classic.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse
(US$)	Winner's
share ($)	Ref.	CJ Cup Byron Nelson	AT&T Byron Nelson	HP Byron Nelson Championship	EDS Byron Nelson Championship	Verizon Byron Nelson Classic	GTE Byron Nelson Classic	GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Dallas Open Invitational	Texas International Open	Dallas Centennial Open	Dallas Invitational	Dallas Open	Texas Victory Open
2025	USA Scottie Scheffler	253	−31	8 strokes	ZAF Erik van Rooyen	9,900,000	1,782,000
2024	CAN Taylor Pendrith	261	−23	1 stroke	USA Ben Kohles	9,500,000	1,710,000
2023	AUS Jason Day (2)	261	−23	1 stroke	USA Austin Eckroat
KOR Kim Si-woo	9,500,000	1,710,000
2022	KOR Lee Kyoung-hoon (2)	262	−26	1 stroke	USA Jordan Spieth	9,100,000	1,638,000
2021	KOR Lee Kyoung-hoon	263	−25	3 strokes	USA Sam Burns	8,100,000	1,458,000
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	KOR Kang Sung-hoon	261	−23	2 strokes	USA Matt Every
USA Scott Piercy	7,900,000	1,422,000
2018	USA Aaron Wise	261	−23	3 strokes	AUS Marc Leishman	7,700,000	1,386,000
2017	USA Billy Horschel	268	−12	Playoff	AUS Jason Day	7,500,000	1,350,000
2016	ESP Sergio García (2)	265	−15	Playoff	USA Brooks Koepka	7,300,000	1,314,000
2015	AUS Steven Bowditch	259	−18	4 strokes	USA Charley Hoffman
USA Scott Pinckney
USA Jimmy Walker	7,100,000	1,278,000
2014	USA Brendon Todd	266	−14	2 strokes	CAN Mike Weir	6,900,000	1,242,000
2013	KOR Bae Sang-moon	267	−13	2 strokes	USA Keegan Bradley	6,700,000	1,206,000
2012	USA Jason Dufner	269	−11	1 stroke	USA Dicky Pride	6,500,000	1,170,000
2011	USA Keegan Bradley	277	−3	Playoff	USA Ryan Palmer	6,500,000	1,170,000
2010	AUS Jason Day	270	−10	2 strokes	USA Blake Adams
USA Brian Gay
USA Jeff Overton	6,500,000	1,170,000
2009	ZAF Rory Sabbatini	261	−19	2 strokes	ENG Brian Davis	6,500,000	1,170,000
2008	AUS Adam Scott	273	−7	Playoff	USA Ryan Moore	6,400,000	1,152,000
2007	USA Scott Verplank	267	−13	1 stroke	ENG Luke Donald	6,300,000	1,134,000
2006	USA Brett Wetterich	268	−12	1 stroke	ZAF Trevor Immelman	6,200,000	1,116,000
2005	USA Ted Purdy	265	−15	1 stroke	USA Sean O'Hair	6,200,000	1,116,000
2004	ESP Sergio García	270	−10	Playoff	USA Robert Damron
USA Dudley Hart	5,800,000	1,044,000
2003	FIJ Vijay Singh	265	−15	2 strokes	ZWE Nick Price	5,600,000	1,008,000
2002	JPN Shigeki Maruyama	266	−14	2 strokes	USA Ben Crane	4,800,000	864,000
2001	USA Robert Damron	263	−17	Playoff	USA Scott Verplank	4,500,000	810,000
2000	SWE Jesper Parnevik	269	−11	Playoff	USA Davis Love III
USA Phil Mickelson	4,000,000	720,000
1999	USA Loren Roberts	262	−18	Playoff	USA Steve Pate	3,000,000	540,000
1998	USA John Cook	265	−15	3 strokes	USA Fred Couples
USA Harrison Frazar
USA Hal Sutton	2,500,000	450,000
1997	USA Tiger Woods	263	−17	2 strokes	USA Lee Rinker	1,800,000	324,000
1996	USA Phil Mickelson	265	−15	2 strokes	AUS Craig Parry	1,500,000	270,000
1995	ZAF Ernie Els	263	−17	3 strokes	USA Robin Freeman
USA Mike Heinen
USA D. A. Weibring	1,300,000	234,000
1994	USA Neal Lancaster	132	−9	Playoff	USA Tom Byrum
USA Mark Carnevale
USA David Edwards
JPN Yoshi Mizumaki
USA David Ogrin	1,200,000	216,000
1993	USA Scott Simpson	270	−10	1 stroke	USA Billy Mayfair
USA Corey Pavin
USA D. A. Weibring	1,200,000	216,000
1992	USA Billy Ray Brown	199	−11	Playoff	USA Ben Crenshaw
USA Raymond Floyd
USA Bruce Lietzke	1,100,000	198,000
1991	ZIM Nick Price	270	−10	1 stroke	USA Craig Stadler	1,100,000	198,000
1990	USA Payne Stewart	202	−8	2 strokes	USA Lanny Wadkins	1,000,000	180,000
1989	USA Jodie Mudd	265	−15	Playoff	USA Larry Nelson	1,000,000	180,000
1988	USA Bruce Lietzke (2)	271	−9	Playoff	USA Clarence Rose	750,000	135,000
1987	USA Fred Couples	266	−14	Playoff	USA Mark Calcavecchia	600,000	108,000
1986	USA Andy Bean	269	−11	1 stroke	USA Mark Wiebe	600,000	108,000
1985	USA Bob Eastwood	272	−8	Playoff	USA Payne Stewart	500,000	90,000
1984	USA Craig Stadler	276	−8	1 stroke	USA David Edwards	500,000	90,000
1983	USA Ben Crenshaw	273	−7	1 stroke	USA Brad Bryant
USA Hal Sutton	400,000	72,000
1982	USA Bob Gilder	266	−14	5 strokes	USA Curtis Strange	350,000	63,000
1981	USA Bruce Lietzke	281	+1	Playoff	USA Tom Watson	300,000	54,000
1980	USA Tom Watson (4)	274	−6	1 stroke	USA Bill Rogers	300,000	54,000
1979	USA Tom Watson (3)	275	−5	Playoff	USA Bill Rogers	300,000	54,000
1978	USA Tom Watson (2)	272	−8	1 stroke	USA Lee Trevino	200,000	40,000
1977	USA Raymond Floyd	276	−8	2 strokes	USA Ben Crenshaw	200,000	40,000
1976	USA Mark Hayes	273	−11	2 strokes	USA Don Bies	200,000	40,000
1975	USA Tom Watson	269	−15	2 strokes	USA Bob E. Smith	175,000	35,000
1974	USA Buddy Allin	269	−15	4 strokes	USA Homero Blancas
USA Charles Coody
USA Lee Trevino
USA Tom Watson	150,000	30,000
1973	USA Lanny Wadkins	277	−3	Playoff	USA Dan Sikes	150,000	30,000
1972	USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	273	−7	Playoff	USA Billy Casper	125,000	25,000
1971	USA Jack Nicklaus (2)	274	−6	2 strokes	USA Frank Beard
USA Jerry McGee	125,000	25,000
1970	USA Jack Nicklaus	274	−6	Playoff	USA Arnold Palmer	100,000	20,000
1969	AUS Bruce Devlin	277	−3	1 stroke	USA Frank Beard
AUS Bruce Crampton	100,000	20,000
1968	USA Miller Barber	270	−10	1 stroke	USA Kermit Zarley	100,000	20,000
1967	USA Bert Yancey	274	−10	1 stroke	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo
USA Kermit Zarley	100,000	20,000
1966	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	276	−8	1 stroke	USA Joe Campbell
USA Raymond Floyd
ZAF Harold Henning	85,000	15,000
1965: No tournament
1964	USA Charles Coody	271	−13	1 stroke	USA Jerry Edwards	40,000	5,800
1963: No tournament
1962	USA Billy Maxwell	277	−3	4 strokes	USA Johnny Pott	35,000	5,300
1961	USA Earl Stewart	278	−6	1 stroke	USA Gay Brewer
USA Arnold Palmer
USA Doug Sanders	30,000	4,300
1960	USA Johnny Pott	275	−5	Playoff	USA Ted Kroll
USA Bo Wininger	25,000	3,500
1959	USA Julius Boros	274	−10	1 stroke	USA Dow Finsterwald
USA Earl Stewart
USA Bo Wininger	25,000	3,500
1958	USA Sam Snead (3)	272	−8	Playoff	USA Julius Boros
USA John McMullin
ZAF Gary Player	25,000	3,500
1957	USA Sam Snead (2)	264	−20	10 strokes	USA Bob Inman
USA Billy Maxwell
USA Cary Middlecoff	40,000	8,000
1956
(Jun)	AUS Peter Thomson	267	−13	Playoff	USA Gene Littler
USA Cary Middlecoff	70,000	13,478
1956
(May)	USA Don January	268	−12	1 stroke	USA Dow Finsterwald
USA Doug Ford	30,000	6,000
1947-1955: No tournament
1946	USA Ben Hogan	284	+4	2 strokes	USA Herman Keiser
USA Paul Runyan	10,000	2,000
1945	USA Sam Snead	276	−12	4 strokes	USA Jug McSpaden	10,000	2,000
1944	USA Byron Nelson	276	−8	10 strokes	USA Jug McSpaden	10,000	2,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Sources:

Multiple winners

Seven players have won this tournament more than once through 2023.

4 wins
- Tom Watson: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980
3 wins
- Sam Snead: 1945, 1957, 1958
2 wins
- Jack Nicklaus: 1970, 1971
- Bruce Lietzke: 1981, 1988
- Sergio García: 2004, 2016
- Lee Kyoung-hoon: 2021, 2022
- Jason Day: 2010, 2023

Notes

References

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