The Byron Nelson

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The Byron Nelson
Tournament information
LocationMcKinney, Texas
Established1944[1]
Course(s)TPC Craig Ranch
Par71
Length7,569 yards (6,921 m)
Organized bySalesmanship Club of Dallas
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$9,900,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate253 Scottie Scheffler (2025)
To par−31 as above
Current champion
Scottie Scheffler
Location map
TPC Craig Ranch
Location in the United States
TPC Craig Ranch
Location in Texas

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.[2] 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.[3]

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,[4] 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[5][6] 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,[6] 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.[7] The agreement ran through 2014, with AT&T becoming the title sponsor in 2015.[8] The tournament moved from the Four Seasons course in Irving to the new Trinity Forest Golf Club, southeast of downtown Dallas, in 2018.[9] 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).[10][11]

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.[12]
  • 1970: Jack Nicklaus defeated Arnold Palmer in a sudden-death playoff.[13]
  • 1976: Mark Hayes becomes the first wire-to-wire winner of the Nelson.[14]
  • 1981: Bruce Lietzke defeated Tom Watson in a playoff spoiling Watson's bid for a fourth straight Nelson triumph.[15]
  • 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.[16]
  • 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.[17]
  • 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-foot (15 m) 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.[18]
  • 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
2025 Scottie Scheffler 253 −31 8 strokes Erik van Rooyen 9,900,000 1,782,000
2024 Taylor Pendrith 261 −23 1 stroke Ben Kohles 9,500,000 1,710,000
AT&T Byron Nelson
2023 Jason Day (2) 261 −23 1 stroke Austin Eckroat
Kim Si-woo		 9,500,000 1,710,000
2022 Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) 262 −26 1 stroke Jordan Spieth 9,100,000 1,638,000
2021 Lee Kyoung-hoon 263 −25 3 strokes Sam Burns 8,100,000 1,458,000
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [19]
2019 Kang Sung-hoon 261 −23 2 strokes Matt Every
Scott Piercy		 7,900,000 1,422,000
2018 Aaron Wise 261 −23 3 strokes Marc Leishman 7,700,000 1,386,000
2017 Billy Horschel 268 −12 Playoff Jason Day 7,500,000 1,350,000
2016 Sergio García (2) 265 −15 Playoff Brooks Koepka 7,300,000 1,314,000
2015 Steven Bowditch 259[a] −18 4 strokes Charley Hoffman
Scott Pinckney
Jimmy Walker		 7,100,000 1,278,000
HP Byron Nelson Championship
2014 Brendon Todd 266 −14 2 strokes Mike Weir 6,900,000 1,242,000
2013 Bae Sang-moon 267 −13 2 strokes Keegan Bradley 6,700,000 1,206,000
2012 Jason Dufner 269 −11 1 stroke Dicky Pride 6,500,000 1,170,000
2011 Keegan Bradley 277 −3 Playoff Ryan Palmer 6,500,000 1,170,000
2010 Jason Day 270 −10 2 strokes Blake Adams
Brian Gay
Jeff Overton		 6,500,000 1,170,000
2009 Rory Sabbatini 261 −19 2 strokes Brian Davis 6,500,000 1,170,000
EDS Byron Nelson Championship
2008 Adam Scott 273 −7 Playoff Ryan Moore 6,400,000 1,152,000
2007 Scott Verplank 267 −13 1 stroke Luke Donald 6,300,000 1,134,000
2006 Brett Wetterich 268 −12 1 stroke Trevor Immelman 6,200,000 1,116,000
2005 Ted Purdy 265 −15 1 stroke Sean O'Hair 6,200,000 1,116,000
2004 Sergio García 270 −10 Playoff Robert Damron
Dudley Hart		 5,800,000 1,044,000
2003 Vijay Singh 265 −15 2 strokes Nick Price 5,600,000 1,008,000
Verizon Byron Nelson Classic
2002 Shigeki Maruyama 266 −14 2 strokes Ben Crane 4,800,000 864,000
2001 Robert Damron 263 −17 Playoff Scott Verplank 4,500,000 810,000
GTE Byron Nelson Classic
2000 Jesper Parnevik 269 −11 Playoff Davis Love III
Phil Mickelson		 4,000,000 720,000
1999 Loren Roberts 262 −18 Playoff Steve Pate 3,000,000 540,000
GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
1998 John Cook 265 −15 3 strokes Fred Couples
Harrison Frazar
Hal Sutton		 2,500,000 450,000
1997 Tiger Woods 263 −17 2 strokes Lee Rinker 1,800,000 324,000
1996 Phil Mickelson 265 −15 2 strokes Craig Parry 1,500,000 270,000
1995 Ernie Els 263 −17 3 strokes Robin Freeman
Mike Heinen
D. A. Weibring		 1,300,000 234,000
1994 Neal Lancaster 132[b] −9 Playoff Tom Byrum
Mark Carnevale
David Edwards
Yoshi Mizumaki
David Ogrin		 1,200,000 216,000
1993 Scott Simpson 270 −10 1 stroke Billy Mayfair
Corey Pavin
D. A. Weibring		 1,200,000 216,000
1992 Billy Ray Brown 199[c] −11 Playoff Ben Crenshaw
Raymond Floyd
Bruce Lietzke		 1,100,000 198,000
1991 Nick Price 270 −10 1 stroke Craig Stadler 1,100,000 198,000
1990 Payne Stewart 202[c] −8 2 strokes Lanny Wadkins 1,000,000 180,000
1989 Jodie Mudd 265 −15 Playoff Larry Nelson 1,000,000 180,000
1988 Bruce Lietzke (2) 271 −9 Playoff Clarence Rose 750,000 135,000
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
1987 Fred Couples 266 −14 Playoff Mark Calcavecchia 600,000 108,000
1986 Andy Bean 269 −11 1 stroke Mark Wiebe 600,000 108,000
1985 Bob Eastwood 272 −8 Playoff Payne Stewart 500,000 90,000
1984 Craig Stadler 276 −8 1 stroke David Edwards 500,000 90,000
1983 Ben Crenshaw 273 −7 1 stroke Brad Bryant
Hal Sutton		 400,000 72,000
1982 Bob Gilder 266 −14 5 strokes Curtis Strange 350,000 63,000
1981 Bruce Lietzke 281 +1 Playoff Tom Watson 300,000 54,000
1980 Tom Watson (4) 274 −6 1 stroke Bill Rogers 300,000 54,000
1979 Tom Watson (3) 275 −5 Playoff Bill Rogers 300,000 54,000
1978 Tom Watson (2) 272 −8 1 stroke Lee Trevino 200,000 40,000
1977 Raymond Floyd 276 −8 2 strokes Ben Crenshaw 200,000 40,000
1976 Mark Hayes 273 −11 2 strokes Don Bies 200,000 40,000
1975 Tom Watson 269 −15 2 strokes Bob E. Smith 175,000 35,000
1974 Buddy Allin 269 −15 4 strokes Homero Blancas
Charles Coody
Lee Trevino
Tom Watson		 150,000 30,000
1973 Lanny Wadkins 277 −3 Playoff Dan Sikes 150,000 30,000
1972 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 273 −7 Playoff Billy Casper 125,000 25,000
1971 Jack Nicklaus (2) 274 −6 2 strokes Frank Beard
Jerry McGee		 125,000 25,000
1970 Jack Nicklaus 274 −6 Playoff Arnold Palmer 100,000 20,000
1969 Bruce Devlin 277 −3 1 stroke Frank Beard
Bruce Crampton		 100,000 20,000
1968 Miller Barber 270 −10 1 stroke Kermit Zarley 100,000 20,000
Dallas Open Invitational
1967 Bert Yancey 274 −10 1 stroke Roberto De Vicenzo
Kermit Zarley		 100,000 20,000
1966 Roberto De Vicenzo 276 −8 1 stroke Joe Campbell
Raymond Floyd
Harold Henning		 85,000 15,000
1965: No tournament
1964 Charles Coody 271 −13 1 stroke Jerry Edwards 40,000 5,800
1963: No tournament
1962 Billy Maxwell 277 −3 4 strokes Johnny Pott 35,000 5,300
1961 Earl Stewart 278 −6 1 stroke Gay Brewer
Arnold Palmer
Doug Sanders		 30,000 4,300
1960 Johnny Pott 275 −5 Playoff Ted Kroll
Bo Wininger		 25,000 3,500
1959 Julius Boros 274 −10 1 stroke Dow Finsterwald
Earl Stewart
Bo Wininger		 25,000 3,500
1958 Sam Snead (3) 272 −8 Playoff Julius Boros
John McMullin
Gary Player		 25,000 3,500
1957 Sam Snead (2) 264 −20 10 strokes Bob Inman
Billy Maxwell
Cary Middlecoff		 40,000 8,000 [20]
Texas International Open
1956
(Jun)		 Peter Thomson 267 −13 Playoff Gene Littler
Cary Middlecoff		 70,000 13,478 [21]
Dallas Centennial Open
1956
(May)		 Don January 268 −12 1 stroke Dow Finsterwald
Doug Ford		 30,000 6,000 [22]
1947-1955: No tournament
Dallas Invitational
1946 Ben Hogan 284 +4 2 strokes Herman Keiser
Paul Runyan		 10,000 2,000 [23]
Dallas Open
1945 Sam Snead 276 −12 4 strokes Jug McSpaden 10,000 2,000 [24]
Texas Victory Open
1944 Byron Nelson 276 −8 10 strokes Jug McSpaden 10,000 2,000 [25]

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Sources:[4][26][27][28]

Multiple winners

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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The par for the final three rounds was lowered to 69 due to course flooding; the 14th hole was converted to a par 3. Aggregate score not considered as an official record.
  2. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
  3. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ^ History Archived May 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Byron Nelson | Texas Golf Hall of Fame". www.texasgolfhof.org. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Our Charity Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b 2012 HP Byron Nelson Championship Media Guide
  5. ^ "Tourney named for Lord Byron". Schenectady Gazette. New York. UPI. April 23, 1968. p. 22.
  6. ^ a b "Byron Nelson Classic in color from Dallas". Schenectady Gazette. New York. April 27, 1968. p. 7, TV.
  7. ^ "HP becomes new sponsor of Byron Nelson Championship". PGA Tour. October 2, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  8. ^ Nichols, Bill (May 11, 2013). "Nichols: Byron Nelson's new home should be ready when the contract with TPC expires in 2018". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  9. ^ Durrett, Richard (May 15, 2013). "Byron Nelson plots 2019 move". ESPN. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  10. ^ Schupak, Adam (May 3, 2024). "CJ Cup Byron Nelson's title sponsor brings new flavor to a beloved local institution". Golfweek. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  11. ^ Jennings, Randy (April 28, 2024). "Byron Nelson tournament offers 'something for everybody' in new CJ Group sponsorship era". Dallas News. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  12. ^ Australian Thomson Texas Open Champ
  13. ^ Schmitt, Tim. "Remember this? Jack Nicklaus-Arnold Palmer clashed at 1970 Byron Nelson Open". Golfweek. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  14. ^ Wire To Wire, It's Hayes
  15. ^ Lietzke holds off Watson
  16. ^ Eastwood takes playoff victory
  17. ^ Journeyman golfer wins big playoff
  18. ^ Hawkins, Stephen (May 20, 2013). "Sang-Moon wins the HP Byron Nelson Championship". PGA of America. Associated Press. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  19. ^ "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  20. ^ "Sam Sneads Wins Dallas Tourney By 10 Strokes". Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated Press. September 16, 1957. p. 9. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  21. ^ "Peter Thomson Wins His First U.S. Golf Match". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. June 4, 1956. p. 5. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  22. ^ "Don January Eyes Second Big Golf Prize". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. May 28, 1956. p. 4. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  23. ^ "Little Ben Hogan Takes Dallas Open". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Lewiston, Maine. Associated Press. September 30, 1946. p. 12. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  24. ^ "Sammy Snead Wins Dallas Open Golf". Lodi News-Sentinel. Lodi, California. United Press. September 10, 1945. p. 3. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  25. ^ "Nelson Adda To Bankings". San Jose Evening News. San Jose, California. International News Service. September 11, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  26. ^ AT&T Byron Nelson – Winners Archived 2016-10-04 at the Wayback Machine – at www.pgatour.com
  27. ^ HP Byron Nelson Championship – Winners – at golfobserver.com (1970–2009)
  28. ^ Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.

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