Scottie Scheffler dominated from start — and stoppage — to finish at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson Scheffler led after an opening 61, moved six clear after a weather-delayed second round, was up eight after 54 holes, and won by that same margin. He also tied the PGA Tour’s 72-hole aggregate scoring record Here’s a look at the final results from those who made the cut in McKinney A Division of NBCUniversal DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for entertainment purposes only and there is no gambling offered on this site This service is intended for adult audiences No guarantees are made for any specific outcome If you or someone you know has a gambling problem McKINNEY, Texas -- Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth share a strong desire to win their hometown event his good friend who is also a fellow Dallas resident and Texas alum shooting an 8-under 63 to reach 18 under through 36 holes as one of the early finishers in a weather-delayed second round About half the field didn't complete the round after a six-hour delay the last of the players not teeing off until about 15 minutes before sunset at soggy TPC Craig Ranch in a Dallas suburb They all figure to be chasing Scheffler this weekend with Spieth probably too far back to be among the contenders Play was suspended for darkness with Scheffler leading Sam Stevens (65) by six shots "This tournament definitely means a lot to me," said Scheffler who made his PGA Tour debut at the Byron Nelson in 2014 -- four years after Spieth became an instant hometown favorite by contending on Sunday as a 16-year-old high school junior "It's going to be a lot of fun to play here and have a chance to win." TPC Craig Ranch, which yields low scores even without pillow-soft conditions, was no match for Scheffler. He opened with a 61 on Thursday, and his total of 124 beat the previous 36-hole best at the Nelson by two shots. The two-time Masters champion missed Justin Thomas' 36-hole PGA Tour record from 2017 by one stroke although he figures to be safely inside the cut line after a 67 that put him at 6 under Jhonattan Vegas, a Venezuelan who also played for the Longhorns, finished his 69 and was eight shots behind Scheffler after starting the day two back. Ricky Castillo was 10 under in the 18th fairway when play was suspended started on the back nine and parred his first eight holes before an eagle at the par-5 18th just before play was suspended and several hours of rain followed -- for the second time in three days water sprayed from most of the shots in the fairway who hit 12 of 14 fairways and had six birdies over his final nine holes "There were some fairways that were pretty wet I think the golf course held up pretty well," Scheffler said Defending champion Taylor Pendrith shot 71 and was 4 under The weather forecast had Scheffler believing a long delay was coming before his round started he spent most of the time in the clubhouse "The food is just sitting there," Scheffler said kind of hung out with some of the guys and didn't do too much." The delay didn't stop the momentum from the eagle that beat the weather All six of his birdie putts were inside 15 feet "We're on a golf course where you've got to make some birdies and the conditions today were changing a good amount," Scheffler said Getting back out and playing in some wind and some pretty wet fairways Stevens birdied four of his last six holes and played the first two rounds without a bogey The 28-year-old seeking his first PGA Tour victory was second at the Farmers Insurance Open in January "There's so many birdies out here and there's so much golf to be played I need to keep my head down," Stevens said "And if I get in a situation where I'm in contention with nine holes to go Information from The Associated Press was used in this report Timberlake x Nike shoe collab early access Scottie Scheffler ran away from the field at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson The CJ Cup Byron Nelson was a special tournament for Scottie Scheffler long before the South Korean lifestyle company became a sponsor has been going to the Byron Nelson since he was a child a six-year-old Scheffler met the legendary Nelson while at the tournament Scheffler made his professional debut at the Byron Nelson while playing on a sponsor exemption as a 17-year-old 1 added to his CJ Cup Byron Nelson history by running away from the field to claim his 14th career PGA Tour win Scheffler opened his hometown tournament with a blistering 61 and backed it up with a 63 to enter the weekend with a six-shot lead the biggest 36-hole margin on the PGA Tour since Brooks Koepka led the 2019 PGA Championship by seven at the halfway point Scheffler increased his lead to eight after three rounds and he coasted to victory on Sunday at TPC Craig Ranch Scheffler’s 72-hole total of 252 ties the PGA Tour record for lowest 72-hole score Scheffler’s continued run of immaculate play has left his playing competitors in awe who is trying to make up ground on Scheffler now that he’s fully healthy what he’s been doing is inspiring given — I mean it wasn’t that long ago I was definitely better than him and now I’m definitely not right now,” Spieth said after shooting a 9-under 62 on Sunday to finish in fourth place “I hate admitting that about anybody but I just watched it those first two rounds How much every player made at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson  Sam Burns $305,971Adam Schenk $305,971Ricky Castillo $305,971Mark Hubbard $305,971Will Gordon $305,971Eric Cole $305,971Kurt Kitayama $305,971Takumi Kanaya $305,971 Antoine Rozner $200,475Jhonattan Vegas $200,475 Matt McCarty $136,719Chris Gotterup $136,719Max McGreevy $136,719Chandler Phillips $136,719Si Woo Kim $136,719Cameron Champ $136,719Vince Whaley $136,719Kevin Roy $136,719Andrew Putnam $136,719Patrick Rodgers $136,719 Ross Steelman $79,447.50Danny Walker $79,447.50Nico Echavarria $79,447.50Pierceson Coody $79,447.50 Trey Mullinax $66,330Kevin Yu $66,330Taylor Dickson $66,330Thorbjorn Olesen $66,330 Sungjae Im $52,800Doug Ghim $52,800Harry Hall $52,800Niklas Norgaard $52,800Ben Martin $52,800Michael Thorbjornsen $52,800 Jake Knapp $40,095Rikuya Hoshino $40,095Alex Smalley $40,095Joseph Bramlett $40,095Sami Valimaki $40,095Nate Lashley $40,095 Henrik Norlander $31,185Davis Riley $31,185Matteo Manassero $31,185 Webb Simpson $25.509Patton Kizzire $25.509Karl Vilips $25.509 Rico Hoey $23,710David Skinns $23,710Ben Kohles $23,710Thomas Rosenmueller $23,710 Stephan Jaeger $22,770Matt Kuchar $22,770Isaiah Salinda $22,770Nicolai Hojgaard $22,770 Cam Davis $21,978Ryan Fox $21,978Victor Perez $21,978Byeong Hun An $21,978 Alejandro Tosti $20,691Rafael Campos $20,691Camilo Villegas $20,691 Josh Schrock is a writer and reporter for Golf.com Josh was the Chicago Bears insider for NBC Sports Chicago He previously covered the 49ers and Warriors for NBC Sports Bay Area Josh spends his free time hiking with his wife and dog thinking of how the Ducks will break his heart again and trying to become semi-proficient at chipping Josh will never stop trying to break 90 and never lose faith that Rory McIlroy’s major drought will end (updated: he did it) All of our market picks are independently selected and curated by the editorial team .css-s4id4f{font-family:Suisse Intl,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.9rem;line-height:2.2rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:-0.01em;}Official Money Scottie Scheffler taps in to secure wire-to-wire win at THE CJ CUP When Scottie Scheffler isn’t winning often enough to replace the headline of his last victory with the next one It’s the phenomenon of a phenomenal talent With a 72-hole score of 31-under 253, Scheffler matched the PGA TOUR’s aggregate record (1983-present) He romped by eight strokes at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney a drive short enough from home that he slept in his own bed all week Scheffler’s 14th career PGA TOUR title is his first wire-to-wire victory without the benefit of FedExCup Starting Strokes (2024 TOUR Championship) The 500 FedExCup points he earned lift him to second in the FedExCup standings And while he’s exempt into all tournaments this season he wasn’t yet eligible for the 2026 edition of The Sentry until now His membership exemption also regains its full reach to five years and through his age-34 season of 2030 Scottie Scheffler uses the slope to make birdie at THE CJ CUP but bettors haven’t been in a position to strike with any force pre-tournament despite zero victories in his first eight starts of 2025 And while he’s been on the board for somewhere in the vicinity of +350 or +400 to win pre-tournament at FanDuel he was way down at +280 for THE CJ CUP because of his relative strength to the field Erik van Rooyen (+17000) goes into the annals as the runner-up and de facto champion of the B-flight He was three shots clear of Sam Stevens (+8000) in third At +1800 and another swing back in solo fourth, Jordan Spieth was the second-shortest to win in what is a hometown event for him as well All three of his top 10s in 13 career starts across three courses in this event are at TPC Craig Ranch Taylor Pendrith was defending his first title as a professional but missed the cut on the number He was tied for the fifth-shortest to win at +3000 The Canuck won twice on PGA TOUR Canada in what was his last season on that circuit in 2019 last week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans breakthrough winner Ben Griffin (+4000) also checked up one stroke outside the cut line Rasmus (+4500) placed 48th and beat Nicolai (+6500) by three NOTE: Points and Payouts cites pre-tournament odds to win at FanDuel for all golfers who made the cut. 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But he does have a hard charging Hendrick Motorsports teammate who is continuing to gain ground.  RELATED: Hendrick Motorsports Fan Fest details, schedule For the second straight week, Kyle Larson scored the most points of any driver in the field winning stage two and piling up 17 stage points to go along with a fourth-place finish he moved to within 13 points of Byron at the top.  Chase Elliott took advantage of an early engine failure for Denny Hamlin and moved into a tie for third place while Alex Bowman remained in the top 10 Byron is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law and has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Iowa and a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire.  Office2125 Rayburn House Office Building Dallas resident Scottie Scheffler dominated his hometown event Had Scheffler played his last two holes Sunday in even-par, he would have held the PGA TOUR scoring record alone. But he missed the green left at the par-3 17th and flubbed his chip shot en route to a bogey, and he failed to get up-and-down from a greenside bunker at the par-5 18th, missing an 8-foot birdie putt and settling for par. Before those final two holes, Scheffler’s week at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson was nearly flawless. The world No. 1 carded rounds of 61-63-66-63 at TPC Craig Ranch, becoming the first wire-to-wire winner on TOUR since Lee Hodges at the 2023 3M Open (and just the third wire-to-wire winner at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, an event that dates to 1944). Scottie Scheffler's excellent tee shot leads to birdie on No. 7 at THE CJ CUP Scheffler led the field at +12.811 Strokes Gained: Approach the Green, his second-best approach week on TOUR behind the 2024 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (+12.96). He also ranked third in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee and sixth in Strokes Gained: Putting. Prior to Scheffler’s bogey on No. 17, CBS analyst Colt Knost received a tongue-in-cheek text from Thomas that encouraged Scheffler to be satisfied with a share of the record: “Tell Scottie to just make bogey-par and tie my 72-hole record, please … 31-under is just fine,” Thomas texted Knost. “Take pride in that.” Scheffler obliged – and he certainly took pride in his first PGA TOUR stroke-play title in Texas, at the same event where he made his first TOUR start in 2014 at age 17. “It feels like a lifetime of hard work and sacrifice for little moments like these,” said Scheffler, who also won the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas. “And they're pretty special.” There's no place like home to win for the first time this season World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler clicked his heels and reminded everyone who’s the sheriff on the PGA Tour with a relentless performance at his hometown event, the CJ Cup Byron Nelson fired a final-round 8-under 63 at TPC Craig Ranch in the Dallas suburb of McKinney on Sunday to win by eight strokes over Erik van Rooyen I think about a lot of different stuff," said Scheffler listing off attending the tournament in his youth making his first PGA Tour start in this event while in high school among other reasons for his personal connection to it "I think at times it all comes crashing down to me at once We have a lot of great memories as kids coming to watch this tournament and it's more of a dream to be able to win it." Scheffler had his picture taken with Nelson and I'm proud to be the champion at his event."Eleven years later Scheffler made the cut as an amateur with his sister on the bag and his high school sweetheart — and now wife — walking every step in the gallery He has supported the event ever since with the exception of last year when he was awaiting the birth of his first child Scheffler said reality has exceeded his dream "I always just dreamed of playing golf on the PGA Tour," he said "I would come out on the driving range and watch these guys practice That's all I wanted to do was come out here and play a golf course that was in great shape and compete on the best golf courses in the world against the best players." Scheffler re-wrote much of the tournament record book including setting a 72-hole scoring mark of 31-under 253 which also tied the Tour’s all-time 72-hole scoring mark “It doesn’t matter where you’re playing if you’re pushing it past 30 under that’s absolutely ridiculous and that’s what he’s doing,” Jordan Spieth said Scheffler collected his 14th Tour title and his first official victory since the Tour Championship in Augusta in December.) But Scheffler injured his right hand in a freak accident on Christmas while making ravioli He required surgery and missed a couple of early-season events including a second place at the Texas Children’s Houston Open and hadn’t finished outside the top 25 in eight starts this season following it up with 63 and admittedly lacking his ‘A’ game on Saturday shot a ho-hum 66 The last golfer to have an eight-shot lead on the PGA Tour through 54 holes “(Scottie's) the best player in the world for a reason,” said Adam Schenk “I try to think of a situation where it's an advantage to me to catch up to him tomorrow and I really can't come up with one.” With the exception of bogeys at the third and 17th holes Scheffler never took his foot off the gas and continued his birdie binge dropping circles on the card at four of the first seven holes Scheffler added a 21-foot eagle for good measure 9 to shoot 30 on the front but didn’t trim his deficit 14 to shoot 8-under 63 and win the tournament's ‘B flight.’ which is kind of what you expect from the world No making birdies on three of the first six holes to start the back nine he ranked first in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green SG: Approach the Green and proximity to the hole Scheffler made the game look as easy as the tournament namesake who once won 11 straight tournaments in 1945 Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee went so far as to compare Scheffler’s tee-to-green game to Tiger Woods in his heyday I never thought I’d see that but tee to green he’s Tiger Woods,” Chamblee said Scheffler’s putter wasn’t too shabby either ranking first in SG: putting in the final round and fifth for the week “He’s just playing the golf he’s played over the last few years,” Spieth said “He’s hitting the fairway and then ironing it maybe better than anybody ever has and lets the birdies come to him The courses become really easy once you have an average of like 10 feet for birdie you have to somehow find an advantage over him.” Scheffler was a man among boys and sent a message to Rory McIlroy and anyone else thinking of winning the PGA Championship in two weeks time that he’s back and ready to do battle for more majors "It feels like a lifetime of hard work and sacrifice for little moments like these Scottie Scheffler capped a dominant victory at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson with the lowest 72-hole score in PGA Tour history Scheffler fired an 8-under 63 on Sunday at TPC Craig Ranch to finish at 31-under 253 first recorded by Justin Thomas at the 2017 Sony Open and again by Ludvig Åberg at the 2023 RSM Classic Scheffler rattled off four straight birdies and then capped his front nine with a 20-foot eagle make at the par-5 ninth “I never really felt like my lead was too comfortable,” Scheffler said A flubbed chip that rolled back to his feet at the par-3 17th led to bogey and Scheffler closed with par at the par-5 finishing hole Hideki Matsuyama won The Sentry earlier this year at 35 under Scheffler is now the ninth member of the 30-under club though only the second player who didn’t accomplish the feat at Kapalua Dustin Johnson shot 30 under in winning the 2020 Northern Trust so Scheffler has the relation-to-par record in the continental U.S which included a best-ball score of 17-under 54 over four days comes right before a $15 million renovation to the TPC layout led by former major winner Lanny Wadkins solid test of golf; they don’t want it to be a putting contest,” Wadkins said “They want it to be something to test every bit of their ability from driving in the fairway and quality iron play and everything else that goes into shooting a round of golf Wadkins said during last week’s appearance on Golf Channel’s Golf Today that he’d be “shocked” if the winning score was lower than 15 under Third-place Sam Stevens was 11 back and Jordan Spieth “I told you it was going to be a steep mountain to climb and you’re almost flabbergasted in a way because I’d fire in like that 5-iron on 9 comes to mind Added Scheffler: “It was going to take something special for him today in order to catch me I think he did his best to put up a special round This is Scheffler’s first official PGA Tour victory since last June’s Travelers Championship He’s more recently won the Olympics and Hero World Challenge It’s also his maiden title at his hometown PGA Tour event usually watching his idols for hours on the driving range and first played in 2014 when he was a senior at Highland Park High in Dallas I think about a lot of different stuff,” Scheffler said This was my first start on the PGA Tour when I was in high school The girl I was dating at the time is now my wife My sister was caddieing for me at the time and I think at times it all comes crashing down to me at once and it’s more of a dream to be able to win it.” Rankings with Record-Setting Win at CJ Cup Byron NelsonBy Ryder Cup Digital On May 5 2025 14:45 UTCScottie Scheffler shot 31-under to pick up his first win of the 2025 season in record-setting fashion claiming The CJ Cup Byron Nelson by eight shots while widening the gap atop the U.S Scheffler shot 66 or better in all four rounds of his hometown event to earn 1,782 U.S The two-time Ryder Cup selection sits atop the rankings with 16,360.75 points Henley (7,824.20) and Justin Thomas (7,582.83) round out the top 6 Ryder Cup Points list following the BMW Championship on August 17 Captain Keegan Bradley will have six Captain’s picks which will be announced in August following the 2025 Tour Championship Sam Stevens and Jordan Spieth were the two biggest movers on the U.S shot a blistering final-round 62 to finish fourth at 19-under while Stevens was seven-under in the final round and finished third at 20-under The United States team continues to take shape as the Red White & Blue look ahead to the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black Major points will be on the line in just a week as the PGA Championship takes center stage at Quail Hollow Players who make the cut will earn 1.5 points per $1,000 earned By Brad TownsendSports enterprise reporter really — began with a 309-yard drive and first-tee hug from Byron Nelson’s widow Five hours of hole-by-hole cheers and utter domination later 1 golfer became champion of the tournament he grew up attending and which gave him his first taste of PGA Tour competition at age 17 And how surreal is this? Scheffler missed last year’s Nelson due to the impending birth of his first child and there to hug him coming off the TPC Craig Ranch’s 18th green on Sunday was wife Meredith and adorable baby Bennett Sports RoundupGet the latest D-FW sports news analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Scheffler’s four-day score of 253 (31-under par) matched the PGA Tour record (since 1983) and his eight-shot margin over runner-up Erik van Rooyen was the largest on tour this season and second-largest in Nelson history It’s little wonder that during his victory speech on the 18th green got choked up in mid-sentence while specifically addressing fans as he explained in his post-round news conference I think about a lot of different stuff,” he said “My sister was caddying for me at the time and I think at times it all comes crashing down to me at once.” Winning your hometown tournament isn’t easy Scheffler also became the Nelson’s third wire-to-wire winner joining Mark Hayes (1976) and Tom Watson (1980) Scheffler carried a six-shot lead into Sunday practically making it an 18-hole coronation If not for a bogey on the par 3 17th and an uncharacteristic par on the easy 18th the result would have been even more record-breaking Fellow Dallasite and Texas Longhorn Jordan Spieth on Sunday fired a 9-under 62 to catapult up the leaderboard but his 19-under total wasn’t in the stratosphere of Scheffler with whom he played the first two days and also frequently plays practice rounds at Dallas National “What he’s doing is inspiring,” three-time major champion Spieth “It wasn’t that long ago I was definitely better than him – and now I’m definitely not coming 10 years and 11 months and 21 days after he played his first PGA Tour round at the 2014 Byron Nelson as a 17-year-old Highland Park High senior That week at the TPC Four Seasons in Las Colinas he had a Calculus project due on Friday; made a hole-in-one with sister Callie caddying on Saturday; and on Sunday he tied 22nd and would have pocketed $64,055 had he not been playing as an amateur Smith similarly became emotional while watching Scottie’s first competitive PGA Tour round in 2014 “The cool thing about it is he’s the same person,” Smith said Sunday’s first-place check of $1.782 million increased Scheffler’s career tournament earnings to $78,504,784 – not including bonuses which last season alone totalled $33 million including $25 million for winning the season-long FedEx Cup title Until Sunday, though, Scheffler’s most recent tour win was the Tour Championship last September 1 — eight months and 11 days ago a relative eternity during this torrid four-season Scheffler run that has produced at least one win per year This win is Scheffler’s 14th on the PGA Tour moving him into a tie for 65th on the all-time list — one ahead of Spieth — even though he’s a relatively young 28 years he’s also missed only 19 cuts in 139 career starts with 65 top-ten finishes and 35 top-three showings Certainly his two Masters victories and Olympic gold rank higher than what happened this week but this was extra special for many reasons His show of emotion during his victory speech was rare surpassed only by his tears when the Star-Spangled banner played as he stood on the medal stand in Paris “We have a lot of great memories as kids coming to watch this tournament,” he said and it’s more of a dream to be able to win it “I never really got this far to be honest with you I always just dreamed of playing golf on the PGA Tour I would come out on the driving range and watch these guys practice “That’s all I wanted to do was come out here and play a golf course that was in great shape and compete on the best golf courses in the world against the best players.” especially after someone handed him a framed photo of 6-year-old Scottie with Byron Nelson Scott recalls coaxing Scottie to go say hello to Nelson that day Nelson doesn’t take pictures,’ ” Scott recalled ‘Let him come up and take a picture with me.’ It was really nice.” It’s been a decade of transition for the Nelson tournament which since 2017 has been played on three different courses: the TPC Four Seasons in Las Colinas Trinity Forest in Dallas and since 2021 TPC Craig Ranch But this year’s event might prove transformative a bulldozer began digging up the practice putting green a ceremonial start to a $22 million TPC Craig Ranch renovation that is projected to be completed by the fall The title sponsor agreement with CJ Group just completed the second year of a 10-year deal the Nelson can boast as its champion a local product who also is the No Tournament director Jon Drago said Nelson officials spent much of Sunday reminiscing Someone found the letter that the tournament sent to 17-year-old Scheffler “He’s the first champion that’s been from the community and everybody rallies behind,” Drago said “Watching the crowds kind of build with him and the way he took charge from the very beginning and just never let go and certainly would have played last year had it not been Meredith’s due-date week Scheffler told fans he looked forward to returning for many years to come Is Scheffler cognizant of the fact that his win elevates his hometown tournament at a seemingly critical juncture of its history “I think about what he did for the game of golf and he was a great person as well off the golf course “He was a person that I’ve read a lot about I’ve had the opportunity to meet him a few times when I was a kid He was a tremendous player and a tremendous person “I’m proud to be here supporting his tournament and his legacy We have some great legacy tournaments on the PGA Tour For his tournament to have a lasting legacy here Prior to that he worked at The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Light Eight-time APSE award winner; 2016 National Headliner Award; 2018 Celeste Williams Texas Sportswriter of the Year; 2021 NSMA Texas Sportswriter of the Year McKINNEY, Texas -- Scottie Scheffler's comfortable lead at his hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson was the same late in the third round as it was at the start even without the dominance the top-ranked player showed over the first 36 holes Then he found that form again and made a big lead even bigger at 23 under while finishing after sunset Saturday Scheffler has an eight-shot lead after a 5-under 66 capped by birdies on three of the final five holes -- the last on the par-5 18th more than 13 hours after the day began with about half the field needing to complete the second round including 18 players who hadn't even started Scheffler had his first two bogeys of the tournament and was 2 under for the day through 13 holes after missing the PGA Tour record for the lowest 36-hole score by one shot at 124 (18 under) His six-shot lead after two rounds was a Nelson record Scheffler drove the green before settling for a tap-in birdie then put his tee shot at the long par-3 15th inside four feet for another birdie The horn for darkness had already sounded after Scheffler, Castillo and Sam Stevens teed off on 18 when the group in front was still in the fairway but cleared them to hit to try to save time Scheffler couldn't see his second shot from the rough after impact, but it reached the green. He two-putted from 31 feet for the biggest 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour since Rory McIlroy also led by eight on the way to winning the 2011 U.S "I saw it take off the way I wanted it to," Scheffler said of his approach on 18 I'd say the most challenging part was reading a green." Van Rooyen was in the rough beside the green on 18 in two shots and looking for another birdie that would have matched the low around of the day only to need four strokes from there for a bogey so I thought I could scoot the ball through it," van Rooyen said Then it came out dead the second time as well who had missed six consecutive cuts coming into the Nelson left with a similar feeling on his matching 65 after a bogey on 15 stalled his momentum at the TPC Craig Ranch course in the Dallas suburb Jordan Spieth Scheffler's fellow Dallas resident and former University of Texas golfer shot a second consecutive 67 and is 10 under He was the first of the two to make his tour debut in the Nelson when he contended Sunday as a 16-year-old in 2010 I just walked off the golf course," Scheffler said in the darkness of a post-round interview "Tomorrow is not really a concern of mine right now." It will be the 14th time he's entered the final round of a tour event with a lead in the past five seasons twice as many as any other golfer over that span Scheffler's first bogey came at the par-3 fourth hole when his tee shot came up short and he missed a 7-footer for par The two-time Masters winner missed five fairways after missing a total of six in the first two rounds "I definitely wasn't as sharp as I was the last two days but overall I posted a pretty good score," Scheffler said or typically at least one day where your swing's not firing on all cylinders like it was the first two days It's all about how you battle through that." Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club will soon have an on-campus football stadium instead of sharing the Northwest ISD Stadium in Justin Scottie Scheffler’s Round 4 highlights from THE CJ CUP It was a march to the finish line that turned into a sprint, and the best player in the world left everyone in his dust in his hometown event. Scottie Scheffler finished at 31 under (!) and won by eight (!) shots. It was his first win of 2025, and as he looks ahead to the rest of the major championship season – and his FedExCup defense – he is very much dialed in. “What he's doing is inspiring, what he's been doing is inspiring,” said Jordan Spieth, who grew up hearing about Scheffler, a town over, who was younger and really, really good. “I mean, it wasn’t that long ago I was definitely better than him, and now I'm definitely not right now. “I hate admitting that about anybody, but I just watched it those first two rounds, and like I've got to get better. It's very inspiring.” Scheffler finished with an 8-under 63 Sunday, going out in a 6-under 30 after making eagle on the par-5 ninth. He added three more birdies in his first six holes on the back nine, before his almost laugh-out-loud flubbed chip on the penultimate hole, leading to a bogey. The win was made official, though, with an easy par to close things out. “I don't play with the world number one too often, and you’re almost flabbergasted in a way because, like that 5-iron on nine comes to mind because I hit it to whatever it was, five feet, and he just makes eagle,” said Erik van Rooyen, who had his own 8-under 63 and finished at 23 under, which would have been the lowest or tied for the lowest score at this event every year in its history, save two – and this year. “There’s nothing you can do. Scottie was practically flawless, which is kind of what you expect from the world number one.” Hats off to van Rooyen, however, and Scheffler would be the first to admit it. “This is a golf course where you can kind of make a run, and I knew that I couldn't just coast to the finish line today. I knew I had to put together a good round. Let's say I played super safe today and shot even par, Erik would have chased me down there,” Scheffler said. “I knew I had to get out and make some birdies. Did a good job on the front nine and was able to play some consistent golf here.” So, there you go. Scheffler, the game’s top player and reigning Player of the Year, finally got his first trophy of 2025. It wasn’t like he was playing poorly leading into the week – this was his sixth top-10 finish of the season, the most on TOUR. He is also second in Strokes Gained: Total and SG: Tee-to-Green. It’s been a tidy year despite a delayed start after hurting his hand making Christmastime ravioli and needing surgery. Through the beginning part of 2025, Rory McIlroy hasn’t yet taken the No. 1 spot from Scheffler in the Official World Golf Ranking, but he’s certainly playing like it with three wins already, including THE PLAYERS and the Masters. Last year, McIlroy said he took some inspiration from how Scheffler was dominating week in and week out. The tables haven’t quite turned, but Scheffler said he’s fired up to compete even harder. “I think that's what's great about our game,” Scheffler said. “This week, I was the best player. I have the week off, and we'll see the week after who is the best player at the PGA. Rory has been playing some tremendous golf this year. The career Grand Slam was really special to watch. I was glad to be able to be there for it. “I think any time you're getting beat, you're always fired up just a little bit extra to go out and practice.” After the delayed start to his year, it’s not like, in the grand scheme of things, it took him that long to find the winner’s circle. It’s barely May. But when Scheffler is compared to, well, Scheffler '24, it seems like the question of “when” was getting a little too loud for his liking. As the saying goes, then, there’s no place like home. Scottie Scheffler’s interview after winning the THE CJ CUP When Scheffler was addressing the crowd after the win, he got choked up. The event means a lot to him for a variety of reasons. He grew up watching it in person, and as a high schooler, he got to have his first TOUR start at it. The girl he was dating then is now his wife. His sister was his caddie, and she was there Sunday along with her two kids. He gave them the best thing to cheer about. “My family was all able to be here, and it was just really, really special memories, and I think at times it all comes crashing down to me at once. We have a lot of great memories as kids coming to watch this tournament,” Scheffler said. “I just dreamed to be able to play in it, and it's more of a dream to be able to win it.” FORT WORTH, Texas - In terms of 1.5-mile, intermediate tracks, few come tougher than Texas Motor Speedway.  With its two sets of corners built differently from one another, a unique challenge is presented to the NASCAR Cup Series field in the Lone Star State. And they were on the line on Saturday.  Both William Byron and Kyle Larson will start in the top five for Hendrick Motorsports Byron turned in the session's second-best lap at 28.189 seconds while Larson was fourth best at 28.21 Alex Bowman just missed a top-10 spot and will roll off 11th after a lap of 28.284 Chase Elliott rounded out the group and will start 29th.  "I felt like I hit (turns) one and two pretty good I was just right on the edge of being two tight and then (turns) three and four were wide open," Byron said just trying to dial in our race balance and feel like we're really close."  Hendrick Motorsports is the standard bearer in most statistical categories at the quad oval The team has combined to win three of the last four races at Texas with Larson winning in 2021 Larson also went to victory lane in the All-Star Race held at Texas Motor Speedway in 2021.  Saturday racing at Texas Motor Speedway was slated to continue with the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at 2 p.m. Corey Day will make his second start of the season in the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet and will roll off 33rd after qualifying was scrapped due to rain on Friday afternoon Larson will fill in for the injured Connor Zilisch in the No Sunday's Cup Series main event is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m All three of NASCAR's national touring series are at Texas Motor Speedway.  Scottie Scheffler leads the CJ Cup Byron Nelson after three rounds The 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson continues on Sunday with the fourth round at TPC Craig Ranch Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Sunday including full CJ Cup Byron Nelson TV coverage Scottie Scheffler is in control heading into Sunday’s final round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson holding an eight-shot lead and eyeing his first PGA Tour win of the 2025 season A six-hour weather delay on Friday pushed the second round into Saturday morning which meant third-round tee times were pushed way back — and players were chasing daylight by the end of the day He birdied the 544-yard par-5 18th in complete darkness expanding his lead from six to eight shots which is the largest 54-hole lead on Tour since 2011 Scheffler admitted his game wasn’t as sharp as it was earlier in the week “I did a good job getting it around today I definitely wasn’t as sharp as I was the last two days but overall I posted a pretty good score,” Scheffler said “Over a 72-hole tournament you’re going to have days or typically at least one day where your swing’s not firing on all cylinders like it was the first two days It’s all about how you battle through that Today I did a good job and hopefully tomorrow I’ll swing a little better,” he says.   Scheffler believes it actually worked in his favor “I think even if finishing 18 [Sunday] would have cost me a shot,” Scheffler said “I think it saved me a shot tomorrow based on energy not having to come out here early and wait five hours or so to tee off.” Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the final round of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson Golf Channel will air final-round TV coverage of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson from 1-3 p.m and CBS will broadcast the tournament from 3-6 p.m You can stream the final round of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ which will offer early general coverage and featured group coverage beginning at 8:00 a.m ET. NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App will provide a live simulcast of Golf Channel’s coverage for viewers with an active cable subscription What a week for Scottie Scheffler in his hometown event The world's No. 1 player dominated at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson shooting 31 under to tie the PGA Tour scoring record the largest winning margin at the event since 1983 and it was the lowest score in the history of the Byron Nelson tournament The win was Scheffler's first in 2025 and his 14th of his PGA Tour career He also earned $1.782 million for the victory Here's the breakdown of how much money each player earned at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson Scottie Scheffler won his hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson Sunday by eight shots. His 253 total (31 under) tied the lowest 72-hole aggregate score in PGA Tour history He earned $1,782,000 from the $9.9 million purse Runner-up Erik van Rooyen took home $1,079,000 Here’s a look at how the full purse was paid out at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney Sunday Scottie Scheffler looks to secure 14th PGA Tour win at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson Here’s everything you need to know about the CJ Cup Byron Nelson payout Scheffler extended his significant lead from six strokes to eight during the third round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson — getting him one step closer to his first PGA Tour win of the 2025 season.  Not only would it be his second career victory in his home state but it would also come at the site of his PGA Tour debut — where he first teed it up at this event back in 2014 as a 17-year-old amateur “It would mean a lot,” Scheffler said “This tournament has been good to me over the years It was my first professional start in 2014 They gave me a spot when I was in high school I grew up coming out here to watch.”  a win today would also mark Scheffler’s fourth consecutive season win and make him the 72nd player in PGA Tour history to reach 14 wins “Tomorrow should be a fun day and a good opportunity for me to go out and have a good round and hopefully win a tournament,” he said.  Scheffler will head home with 1.782 million 500 FedEx Cup points and a little more Texas golf history attached to his name Check out the complete payouts for the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson below Scottie Scheffler takes an eight-shot lead into the final round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson which got back on track Saturday following a lengthy weather delay on Day 2 Here’s a look at the full tee times and pairings for Sunday at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas (click here for how to watch) Taylor Pendrith wins THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2024 The PGA TOUR returns to the Lone Star State for THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson THE CJ CUP is the final event for players to qualify for the Truist Championship players powered through a marathon Saturday finishing well past sunset deep into the Texas twilight Scottie Scheffler opened up an eight-shot lead with a 66 in Round 3 building the largest 54-hole lead on TOUR since Rory McIlroy in the 2011 U.S Adam Schenk and Ricky Castillo sit at 15-under with Scheffler pacing the pack at 23-under PGA TOUR LIVE is available exclusively on ESPN+ Scottie Scheffler endures Texas twilight to build eight-shot lead at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson Davis Riley assessed two-stroke penalty for using slope feature on distance-measuring device at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson Leader of PGA TOUR Americas event receives one-stroke penalty for slow play The Five: Big-name FedExCup bubble boys midway through PGA TOUR season Despite 'wild journey,' Noah Goodwin wouldn't change anything about his path to PGA TOUR Local favorite and native Texan Scottie Scheffler, the world's No. 1 player, prevailed at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson shooting a 31 under to tie the PGA Tour scoring record Scheffler was eight shots ahead of second-place Erik van Rooyen the largest margin of victory at the event since 1983 Scheffler's win at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney was his first of 2025 and 14th of his PGA Tour career He earned a nice payday of $1.782 million with the win LEADERBOARD: Full tournament results from CJ Cup Byron Nelson Live coverage of the final round of this year's CJ Cup Byron Nelson tournament will be broadcast on the Golf Channel and CBS CJ Cup Byron Nelson prize money 2025: Winner payout purseThis year's total purse for the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney Scottie Scheffler nearly aces No. 15 at THE CJ CUP, brings lead back to six There may have been barely a shred of light left Saturday night at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, but after one more birdie – in the dark – Scottie Scheffler will head into Sunday’s finale at TPC Craig Ranch with an eight-shot lead. And very likely the first step towards a return to the PGA TOUR winner circle. Scheffler, who is looking for his first win of 2025, was 2 under after three holes in his third round before giving one back on the par-3 4th – his first bogey of the week. He added another birdie on the par-5 9th before bogeying the par-4 11th. He drove the green on the short par-4 14th, leaving his tee ball just 13 feet away en route to another birdie. He added circles on his card on Nos. 15 and 18 to come in with a 5-under 66. “It was good golf. I did a good job getting it around today,” Scheffler explained. “I definitely wasn’t as sharp as I was the last two days, but overall I posted a pretty good score. Over a 72-hole tournament you're going to have days, or typically at least one day where your swing's not firing on all cylinders like it was the first two days. It's all about how you battle through that.” Scottie Scheffler drives the green for birdie on No. 14 at THE CJ CUP Scheffler’s previous low 54-hole total on the PGA TOUR is 193, which came at the 2024 Travelers Championship, which he would go on to win. He’s at 23-under 190 through three rounds at TPC Craig Ranch – essentially his hometown event. He got his first TOUR start here in 2014 while still in high school. “This tournament means a lot to me,” Scheffler said. “I grew up coming out here to watch. “Tomorrow should be a fun day and a good opportunity for me to go out and have a good round and hopefully win a tournament.” If Scheffler were to go on to win, it would be his first official win since the TOUR Championship last September (Scheffler won the Hero World Challenge in December). Scheffler has five top-10s so far this season, with his best result, a T2, coming at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. The widest margin of victory in Scheffler’s career was five shots, which he’s done twice – at both the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and THE PLAYERS Championship in 2023. Unless Scheffler completely implodes Sunday, the margin-of-victory number could likely be in jeopardy. The last golfer to have an eight-shot lead on the PGA TOUR through 54 holes was Rory McIlroy at the 2011 U.S. Open. The reigning Player of the Year is not teeing it up next week at the Truist Championship (he did not play the event in 2024, either) but is set to be in action at the PGA Championship, the second major of the year. There is a three-way tie for second heading into Sunday with Erik van Rooyen, Adam Schenk and Ricky Castillo all at 15 under. Van Rooyen, Schenk, and Castillo all have a great chance to earn their way into the Truist Championship via the Aon Swing 5 if they remain near the top of the board come Sunday night. With Scheffler’s big-time advantage, a secondary prize may be the thing they’re shooting for. “He's the best player in the world for a reason,” Schenk said. “I try to think of a situation where it's an advantage to me to catch up to him tomorrow and I really can't come up with one – unless I just make a whole bunch of putts.” The third round was delayed with the second round needing to be pushed into Saturday morning due to a six-plus hour weather delay Friday. Golfers teed off in threesomes of Nos. 1 and 10. 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson Saturday TV coverage: How to watch Round 3 The 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson continues on Saturday with the third round at TPC Craig Ranch Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Saturday After an impressive 36-hole performance during Thursday and Friday’s rounds at the CJ Cup, one thing is clear: this tournament is Scottie Scheffler’s to lose.  Scheffler began round two with eight consecutive pars and an eagle on his ninth hole (No When the action resumed nearly six hours later at 4:01 p.m. Scheffler rattled off six birdies on his inward nine to shoot an 8-under 63 and post a career-best 36-hole total of 124 — just one stroke shy of tying the all-time 36-hole opening score on tour leaving several players to finish their rounds Saturday morning His 36-hole total secured him a commanding six-shot lead heading into round three You can watch the third round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on TV via Golf Channel which will air coverage beginning at 1 p.m PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early coverage and featured group streaming coverage starting at 7:45 a.m Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the third round of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson Golf Channel will air third-round TV coverage of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson from 1-3 p.m You can stream the third round of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ which will offer early general coverage and featured group coverage beginning at 8:15 a.m NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App will provide a live simulcast of Golf Channel’s coverage for viewers with an active cable subscription Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler matched the PGA TOUR's 72-hole scoring record on Sunday finishing at 253 and running away with an eight-shot victory at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson in his hometown who closed with a 63 to finish at 31-under par tied the mark set by Justin Thomas at the 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii and equaled six years later by Ludvig Åberg at The RSM Classic Scheffler was in position to break the record before a flubbed chip that led to bogey on the par-3 17th hole and a par from a greenside bunker on the par-5 closing hole His 8-foot putt for birdie and the record slid by the left side of the hole Hideki Matsuyama has the lowest score in relation to par this season 35 under on The Plantation Course at Kapalua Scheffler tied THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 54-hole record with an eight-shot lead and nobody got closer than six during the final round Erik van Rooyen of South Africa matched Scheffler’s 63 to finish at 23 under three shots ahead of Sam Stevens and four ahead of another hometown favorite Spieth shot 62 in the final round, surging to finish fourth while watching his friend and fellow Texas alum become the first of the pair to win the event they both cherish. Jordan Spieth makes final-hole birdie for 62 at THE CJ CUP It was the first victory this year for Scheffler after he won a total of 10 times before May in the previous three years combined, including two Masters victories. The 28-year-old Dallas resident has 14 career victories. Scheffler’s previous best finish at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson was a tie for fifth two years ago. He missed last year’s event for the birth of his first child. He cradled his year-old son, Bennett, after becoming the first wire-to-wire winner of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson since Tom Watson 45 years ago. Scheffler shattered THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson previous scoring record of 259 set by Steven Bowditch in 2015. That tournament was played at the TPC Four Seasons. Normally a par 70, that course had a par-69 layout the final three days when heavy rain forced officials to convert a par 4 into a par 3. Bowditch finished 18 under. Scottie Scheffler hits 30-under with birdie at THE CJ CUP Scheffler's victory margin was the second-largest at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson behind Sam Snead’s 10-shot win in 1957, when it was known as the Dallas Open Invitational. Because of heavy rain Wednesday and Friday, players were allowed to lift, clean and replace their golf balls in the fairway for the first three rounds, but not in the final round. Åberg had so-called preferred lies during the first rounds at The RSM Classic in 2023. Sunday’s weather at the TPC Craig Ranch was perfect, with highs in the mid-70s and little wind. the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte Keep up with the latest scores on our official PGA Tour leaderboard Round 4 of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson will broadcast nationally on Golf Channel starting at 1 p.m. before switching to CBS from 3-6 p.m. Featured group and hole streaming from PGA Tour Live is available on ESPN+ starting at 8 a.m Watch PGA Tour live on ESPN+ 11:15: Pierceson Coody/Michael Thorbjørnsen Top contenders odds to win Byron Nelson 2025Tournament odds from BetMGM as of Saturday: AccuWeather predicts a high of 74 degrees with partly sunny skies in the forecast today in McKinney Winds are expected to blow out of the east at 5-10 mph following up his Thursday round of 61 with a Friday effort of 63 amid a lengthy weather delay to lead the tournament by six strokes over Sam Stevens at 18-under Ricky Castillo and Kurt Kitayama who finished Round 2 on Saturday after play was suspended for darkness Round 3 starting times are from 2:25-4:15 p.m off of the first and 10th tees in groups of three Preview ‘Korn Ferry Presents: All-Access Club Car Championship’ Scottie Scheffler's search for first win of 2025 off to incredible start through two rounds at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson Scottie Scheffler will hold a dominant lead Sunday afternoon The 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson concludes on Sunday with the fourth and final round at TPC Craig Ranch in Dallas You can find full CJ Cup Byron Nelson tee times for Sunday’s fourth and final round at the bottom of this post Scottie Scheffler is on the doorstep of his first win in 2025 Scheffler will begin his Sunday round at TPC Craig Ranch with an eight-shot lead Scheffler has gained more than nine strokes on the field with his approach game alone this week Add in an extremely solid driver and a hot putter and the eight-shot lead starts to make sense Sam Stevens had worked hard enough to get the deficit to five shots when Scheffler had bogeyed the 11th but three birdies in Scheffler’s final five holes solidified the biggest 54-hole lead Scheffler has ever held on the PGA Tour local time Sunday alongside Erik Van Rooyen it’ll be his 14th PGA Tour win and his 10th in the last three years fellow Texan Jordan Spieth continues his own solid form Spieth has finished in the top 20 his last three events and rode a Saturday 67 to move into at tie for 23rd Spieth kicks off his final round at 11 a.m You can watch Sunday’s fourth and final round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson from 1-3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, and from 3-6 p.m. ET on CBS. You can also stream exclusive online coverage via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ starting at 6:45 a.m You can check out the complete Round 4 tee times for the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson below The cut at the PGA Tour's CJ Cup Byron Nelson wasn't made until midday on Saturday Here's who did and didn't make it to the third round at TPC Craig Ranch Davis Riley called a penalty on himself in a key spot when the 28-year-old realized that his distance-measuring device was set up with illegal settings but Riley buried an eagle putt on his final hole of the day to finish at 5 under which was just good enough to make it to the third round The cut line at the tournament was 5 under par It had primarily been at 4 under since Round 2 resumed Friday evening Here are some notable players who just made the cut line of 5 under: Players who missed the cut at CJ Cup Byron NelsonRyan Gerard (-4)Taylor Pendrith (-4)Martin Laird (-4)Ben Griffin (-4)Joel Dahmen (-4)Mackenzie Hughes (-4)Patrick Fishburn (-4)Aaron Baddeley (-3)Seamus Power (-3)Charley Hoffman (-3)Lee Hodges (-3)Emiliano Grillo (-3)Greyson Sigg (E)Kevin Kisner (E)Zach Johnson (+1)Ben Silverman (+1)Noah Kent (a) (+7)Peter Malnati (+10)How did Joel Dahmen do?Dahmen needed to make a birdie on any of the last three holes to make the final two rounds Dahmen has now missed more cuts (7) than he has made this season How many players made the cut at Byron Nelson?Of the 156 golfers who entered the tournament 65 are guaranteed to make the cut and play this weekend The number ended up at 71 players who made the final two rounds Tournament odds from BetMGM as of 1:45 p.m 'It's special': Buxton joins exclusive club with 100th career stolen baseMay 1st CLEVELAND -- joined an exclusive club on Wednesday night and it’s not just the numbers that make it special Buxton stole the 100th base of his career in the 4-2 loss to the Guardians making him the eighth player in Minnesota Twins history to reach that milestone he became the third player since the franchise moved to the Twin Cities to reach both 100 steals and 100 homers Buxton joined Kirby Puckett and Torii Hunter They are unquestionably the three greatest center fielders in Minnesota history combining for 25 Opening Day starts at the position He and Hunter are both in the Twins Hall of Fame and Buxton is very likely to join them one day “Being in a group with those two top center fielders that put on this uniform that played in the position that I’m playing … it’s special,” Buxton said He’s one of 26 active Major Leaguers to have reached the 100/100 mark exciting player and he can do so many things on the field,” said manager Rocco Baldelli “There’s only so many guys that have the ability to contribute in those different ways but he’s also going to accomplish even further things related to this Scottie Scheffler is back in the winner's circle The No. 1 player in the world entered the final round with an eight-shot lead (yes, you read that right), then he dominated Sunday at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney Scheffler finished at 31-under 25 for the week tying a PGA Tour scoring record in the process for lowest 72-hole score and it was only his second-best round of the week after opening in 61 Erik van Rooyen played in the final pairing with Scheffler and matched him with a 63 but still finished eight shots behind. Wild when you think about it. Jordan Spieth fired a 62 to close Check out the best moments and highlights from Scheffler's 14th PGA Tour victory Follow along with leaderboard updates from TPC Craig Ranch here Scheffler hits a poor chip shot after leaving his approach short on the par-3 17th needing a birdie to card the lowest score in PGA Tour history the lowest score ever in a 72-hole event on the PGA Tour Erik van Rooyen eagles 14Erik van Rooyen is 8 under thru 14 holes and hasn't gained any ground on Scottie Scheffler Van Rooyen should finish solo second comfortably but he trails Scottie by eight shots with four to play Scottie Scheffler on verge of scoring historyThere's plenty on the line for Scottie down the stretch 2023 RSM Classic) for lowest score in a tournament no one would have hit less shots during a PGA Tour event in history than Scheffler The Dallas native has his best round of the year and lowest since 2021 with his closing 61 to finish at 19 under for the week and he'll still likely finish at worst 10 shots worse than Scheffler A reminder Spieth can complete the career Grand Slam in two weeks at Quail Hollow Scottie Scheffler eagles the ninth after an incredible approach from the fairway bunker then buries the 20 footer and reaches 29 under He finishes the front nine at 22 under for the week Four in a row for world No. 1Another birdie for Scottie Scheffler Scottie Scheffler can't stop making birdies He pours in his fourth in six holes and moves to 26 under which is the scoring record at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson Erik van Rooyen also has four birdies in his first six holes and is at 19 under and seven behind He moves to 7 under on the day and 17 under for the tournament after chipping in for birdie on the par-4 12th Scottie's approach came up short on the third Erik van Rooyen made his second straight birdie and now is within six shots who chipped in for birdie on the par-3 fourth to move to 3 under after four holes Scottie Scheffler gets birdie No. 1Just like that Scottie Scheffler moves to 24 under on the week with a birdie on the second He's now 17 under on the front nine at TPC Craig Ranch this week and eight shots ahead of Jhonattan Vegas and Erik van Rooyen The record margin of victory at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson is 10 shots which Byron Nelson and Sam Snead both accomplished Jordan Spieth moves into top 5Another Texan is off to a great start on Sunday Jordan Spieth is 4 under thru 6 holes after three straight birdies on Nos CJ Cup Byron Nelson where to watch Sunday final roundFinal round, Sunday, May 48 a.m.-6 p.m., PGA Tour Live on ESPN+1-6 p.m., SiriusXM PGA Tour radio1-3 p.m., Golf Channel, NBC Sports app3-6 p.m., CBS, Paramount+CJ Cup Byron Nelson purse, prize moneyThe purse at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson is $9.9 million 2024: Taylor Pendrith; 2023: Jason Day; 2022: K.H Inclement weather might have disrupted play Friday at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson but it did nothing to prevent Scottie Scheffler from taking a commanding lead 1 is six clear of the field — with 18 players yet to begin their second rounds — after playing his final 10 holes in 8 under for a 63 who followed up a 61 on his way to an 18-under total Ricky Castillo (66) is in the clubhouse at 11 under Play was eventually called because of darkness and will resume at 8:15 a.m Scheffler eagled his ninth hole of Round 2 before play was initially halted because of lightning in the McKinney The suspension lasted six hours and 15 minutes before Scheffler and the morning wave were able to return to the course at 5 p.m he remained on that number following eight straight pars to begin the second round hitting his second shot from 233 yards to 10 feet Scheffler resumed his scoring ways at TPC Craig Ranch where they were playing preferred lies for the second straight day Scheffler’s 124 total is one shot off the PGA Tour’s opening 36-hole record (Justin Thomas After winning seven Tour events (and Olympic gold) last year Scheffler is seeking his first victory in 2025 The Dallas resident is also looking for his first win in his hometown event having skipped it last year because of the birth of his son “I feel like my game has been trending in the right direction and then I had a chance here in Houston,” Scheffler said but overall I played some pretty solid golf So I definitely feel like my game is trending in the right direction.” With The Masters in the rearview, we're trucking along on the PGA Tour. The Byron Nelson is the next opportunity for golfers to raise their earnings and comes with a pretty penny for the winner This year the purse is even higher and will give every incentive for golfers to put their best foot forward PGA Tour Zurich Classic: Ben Griffin birdie from the fringe at No. 17 wins with Andrew Novak Let's take a look at the purse for the event and how much the winner will take home Scottie Scheffler tied a PGA Tour record for 72-hole score and notched his first win of the season on May 4 The total purse for the Byron Nelson is $9.9 million The winner's payout for the Byron Nelson is $1,782,000 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The second round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson concluded early Saturday afternoon following a 6-hour weather suspension Friday Scottie Scheffler leads by six shots entering the final two rounds at TPC Craig Ranch Here’s a look at the full tee times and groupings for the adjusted third round in McKinney, Texas. CBS will have coverage from 3-6 p.m. EDT, with Golf Channel taking over at 6 p.m. until play concludes for the day Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker It certainly is Scottie Scheffler's tournament to lose at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson where he leads by eight strokes heading into the final round of play at TPC Craig Ranch The purse at the Byron Nelson is $9.9 million There are also 500 FedEx Cup points up for grabs for this week's champ Here's everything you need to know about the tee times and TV and streaming coverage of the final round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson Paramount+We occasionally recommend interesting products and services If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links (This story has been updated to add new information.) Lightning and rain delays lasted more than 6 hours, pushing some players to have their Round 2 first tee time moved pre-emptively to Saturday morning the field will get cut and Round 3 can get underway from TPC Craig Ranch Those who make the cut will tee off from the first and 10th tees and the PGA Tour expects groups to tee off between 1-3 p.m 1 ranked golfer is seeking his first PGA Tour victory of the year Keep up with the latest scores on the official PGA Tour leaderboard Round 3 of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson will broadcast nationally on Golf Channel starting at 1 p.m. before switching to CBS from 3-6 p.m. Featured group and hole streaming from PGA Tour Live is available on ESPN+ starting at 8 a.m Top contenders odds to win Byron Nelson 2025Tournament odds from BetMGM as of 10:45 a.m AccuWeather predicts a high of 72 degrees with sunny skies in the forecast today in McKinney Winds are expected to blow out of the north at 10 mph EDT in the second round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson Round 2 was initially halted at TPC Craig Ranch at 10:46 a.m Scottie Scheffler reclaimed the outright lead with an eagle on his ninth hole was stuck on that number following eight pars to start Friday in McKinney He then hit his second shot from 233 yards on the par-5 18th — his ninth — to 10 feet and converted the putt two shots clear of Jhonattan Vegas who was 2 under on the day through seven holes Patton Kizzire (through 7) and Will Gordon (through 5) were at 9 under was also 2 under on his round and in a tie for 43rd at 4 under for the tournament After making double bogey on his third hole Spieth responded with four birdies over his next six holes before the suspension clean and place for the second consecutive day after rain drenched the course Wednesday It was a bit sloppy Wednesday but everyone was still hopeful of good weather at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson play was suspended early in the second round at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney Subsequent updates kept the delay in effect as they were not only dark clouds overhead but lightning PGA Tour officials announced the second round was resume at 4 p.m ET) with 78 golfers still to start their second rounds as crews were seen squeegeeing water from the fairways Who's leading the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson?Scottie Scheffler posted a 10-under 61 on Thursday and still leads by two as play gets back underway Scheffler birdied two of his first nine holes Friday to get to 12 under and is two shots ahead of Jhonathan Vegas Patton Kizzire and Will Gordon are tied for third at 9 under with play resuming What is the projected cut at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson?There is still a lot of golf to play but the PGA Tour has the projected cut 3 under at the resumption of play puts defending tournament champion Taylor Pendrith on the wrong side of the line as he sits at 2 under through eight holes of his second round normally the PGA Tour's 36-hole cut comes Friday evenings which means the second round will be completed Saturday then split tees will likely be used for the third round with hopes of getting back on schedule to complete the final round Sunday This story has been updated to add new information Good news for golf fans: The CJ Cup Byron Nelson is not expected to get bogged down by rain delays again on Day 3 World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler got off to a hot start in his hometown tournament Will he keep it up and pick up his first PGA Tour win of 2025 Here's everything you need to know about the tournament including TV schedule and streaming information: which offers a free trial for new subscribers Watch CJ Cup Byron Nelson live on ESPN+ Featured group and hole streaming is available on PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ starting at 8 a.m Where is the Byron Nelson played?The CJ Cup Byron Nelson takes place at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney 7,569-yard course is scheduled for a major overhaul after the tournament Here are the golfers with the best odds to win the tournament, according to BetMGM Savannah Leigh Richardson is a Newsweek contributor based in Georgia Savannah has been with Newsweek since February 2025 and previously worked at SB Nation and Fansided She is a graduate of the University of Georgia You can get in touch with Savannah by emailing s.richardson@newsweek.com or following her on X @SportsGirlSL either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content Scottie Scheffler put together four incredible rounds of golf at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson event to earn his first 2025 victory He made history at his hometown event as the former Texas Longhorn tied the PGA Tour 72-hole scoring record Scheffler signed for an 8-under 63 to finish at 31-under overall and win by eight strokes The former Texas Longhorn recorded eight birdies an eagle and two bogeys on Sunday at TPC Craig Ranch Scheffler will take home a $1,782,000 check This victory also saw him surpass fellow Dallas resident Jordan Spieth in the career wins list Most of the field battled for second place since Scheffler ran away with the title Erik van Rooyen outlasted them and finished solo second at 23-under overall He also signed for an 8-under 63 on Sunday Van Rooyen won $1,079,000 as he and Scheffler were the only ones who earned over $1 million this week Sam Stevens was three shots behind the South African, who claimed solo third and $683,100. Jordan Spieth shot the low round of the day with a bogey-free 9-under 62 That score vaulted him 20 spots up the leaderboard and into solo fourth at 19-under overall Eight players shared fifth place at 17-under overall How much money did the rest of the field make this week? Here is a full breakdown of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson payout T60. Byeong Hun An, Cam Davis, Ryan Fox (-5): $21,978 The sixth Signature Event of the season, the Truist Championship The PGA Tour will use the Philadelphia Cricket Club as a new venue since Quail Hollow will host this year's PGA Championship in two weeks Rory McIlroy will look to defend his title as he and a stout field of PGA Tour stars will battle for a $20 million purse The winner will take home a hefty $3.6 million check He comfortably sits in the fourth-place spot in career earnings and inched closer to Phil Mickelson for third More Golf: Tiger Woods' TGL League Shows Promise for Golf Future as Season 1 Comes To A Close Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all This is the fifth year TPC Craig Ranch has hosted the CJ Cup Byron Nelson Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images for The CJ Cup The 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson continues on Friday with the second round at TPC Craig Ranch Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Friday Scottie Scheffler is not messing around at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. The World No. 1 was the betting favorite heading into the event. He’s also on a mission to win his first PGA Tour title of 2025 And on Thursday at TPC Craig Ranch, Scheffler’s play on the course sent a message to the rest of the field that this is his tournament to win. Scheffler fired a 10-under 61 in Round 1 to take an early two-shot lead over Rico Hoey and Johnattan Vegas Scheffler will tee off in the morning wave at 8:23 a.m ET as he continues the quest for his first win of the season You can watch the second round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on TV via Golf Channel, which will air coverage beginning at 4 p.m. ET on Friday. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early coverage and featured group streaming coverage starting at 7:45 a.m Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the second round of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson Golf Channel will air second-round TV coverage of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson from 4-7 p.m You can stream the second round of the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ which will offer early general coverage and featured group coverage beginning at 7:45 a.m and manages the brand’s e-newsletters which reach more than 1.4 million subscribers each month he also helps keep GOLF.com humming outside the news-breaking stories and service content provided by our reporters and writers and works with the tech team in the development of new products and innovative ways to deliver an engaging site to our audience Jordan Spieth is finding his form at an opportune time The Dallas native closed in 9-under 62 on Sunday at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson the 62 being Spieth's lowest score on the PGA Tour since 2021 He gained 6.464 strokes on the field Sunday his best performance since the final round of the 2023 Masters After offseason wrist surgery and a few years of questioning whether Spieth could return to peak form and Spieth needs the Wanamaker Trophy to become the seventh golfer to win the career Grand Slam It's something he talked about with CBS Sports' Amanda Balionis in his post-round interview and he said seeing McIlroy accomplish the feat last month at Augusta National was inspiring but it's not bogey avoidance or anything like that," Spieth said after his round It's just that my mechanics are just getting a little bit better each week I'm able to do sufficient stuff maybe that I wasn't able to do last year that maybe my wrist is holding me back The finish at his hometown event will be Spieth's third top 10 of 2025 and his worst finish in his past five starts was a T-28 at the Valspar Championship and I know that you can bounce out of them literally in a hole or two," he said you have to have a lot of rounds that are bad in order to not feel good But the good news is bipolarness on the greens can bounce back to positive pretty quickly." Spieth was going to finish at least 10 shots behind fellow Dallas native Scottie Scheffler who Spieth played with the first two days and plays with often during off weeks It makes me want to work harder and be better especially after watching him for two days and just getting my butt kicked," Spieth said it would have been hard to be at 18-under in two rounds "So just getting your butt kicked right there face to face at this tournament really stinks to finish to backdoor into a top 10 or top 5 or whatever ends up happening." Spieth is in the field at the upcoming Truist Championship on a sponsor exemption his second of what will be five straight starts on Tour where he went 5-0-0 during the 2022 Presidents Cup and where he had his first chance to complete the career grand slam in 2017 though he got beat by good friend Justin Thomas The CJ Cup Byron Nelson began Thursday at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney 1 Scottie Scheffler and fellow Dallas resident Jordan Spieth highlighted the field which was lacking star power due to its spot on the schedule There's a signature event next week at the Truist Championship Keep up with the latest scores on our PGA Tour leaderboard A six-hour, 15-minute weather delay couldn't derail Scottie Scheffler on Friday Leading by two after a first-round 61 on Thursday at TPC Craig Ranch had expanded that lead to six shots after his Friday second round in his hometown event at McKinney Scheffler shot a 33 on the front and extended his lead through the day during the third round of play on Saturday and will enter play on Sunday with an 8-stroke advantage over the trio of Erik van Rooyen Scheffler's 54-hole lead is the largest on the PGA Tour since Rory McIlroy at the 2011 U.S With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, the Tour and CJ Cup added a special touch for players during this week's tournament. Caddies at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch are wearing custom bibs selected by the players to showcase how they stay mentally strong and nurture their own mental health. Here's more on the story. AccuWeather predicts a high of 72 degrees with sunny skies in the forecast today in McKinney