2021 AT&T Byron Nelson
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2021 AT&T Byron Nelson (33rd of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) TPC Craig Ranch May 13-16, 2021 FedExCup Points: 500 (winner) McKinney, Texas Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,468 Purse: $8,100,000 ($1,458,000 winner) Final-Round Notes – Sunday, May 16, 2021 Weather: Heavy rain showers. High of 77. SSE wind 10-16 mph, with gusts to 22 mph. Due to heavy rain and lightning, the final round was suspended from 1:52 – 4:15 p.m. CT (2 hours, 23 minutes) Final Leaderboard K.H. Lee 65-65-67-66—263 (-25) Sam Burns 65-62-69-70—266 (-22) Patton Kizzire 69-64-71-63—267 (-21) Daniel Berger 69-67-67-64—267 (-21) Scott Stallings 67-71-63-66—267 (-21) Charl Schwartzel 65-68-66-68—267 (-21) Things to Know • K.H. Lee birdies four of first six holes and 71st and 72nd holes to claim first PGA TOUR win • Lee becomes the second consecutive Korean-born player to win the AT&T Byron Nelson (Sung Kang/2019); marks the first TOUR event to produce back-to-back Korean winners • In bid to claim second PGA TOUR title in as many starts, 54-hole leader Sam Burns birdies 72nd hole to finish second • Patton Kizzire birdies four straight holes twice in the final round to claim his best TOUR finish since January 2018 • Daniel Berger birdies eight holes in a 10-hole stretch to claim second top-10 finish in third AT&T Byron Nelson start • Jordan Spieth collects first top-10 finish in 10th AT&T Byron Nelson start and seventh in last nine TOUR starts K.H. Lee – With his victory Category K.H. Lee Age 29 (August 24, 1991) FedExCup 29 OWGR Top 60 Starts at AT&T Byron Nelson 2 Wins at AT&T Byron Nelson 1 Top-10s at AT&T Byron Nelson 1 Career PGA TOUR starts 80 Career PGA TOUR wins 1 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 5 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 23 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 1 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 2 • With birdies on four of his first six holes, as well as the 71st and 72nd holes, closed with a 6-under 66 to claim his first career PGA TOUR title in his 80th start at the age of 29 years, 8 months, 23 days; previous-best finish came at 2021 Waste Management Phoenix Open (T2) • When the final round resumed, faced a 15’ 11” putt for par at No. 16; completed his last three holes in bogey- birdie-birdie to win by three strokes • 25-under 263 sets the record for lowest 72-hole score to par at the AT&T Byron Nelson since 1983 (previously 23- under par) • With the win, moves to No. 29 in the FedExCup and is projected inside the top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking • With the victory, claims the final spot into this week’s PGA Championship and, if not otherwise exempt, the 2021 Charles Schwab Challenge, 2021 the Memorial Tournament, 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2022 THE PLAYERS Championship and 2022 Masters Tournament • Victory extends exempt status through the 2022-23 PGA TOUR Season • Becomes the third Korean-born player to win the AT&T Byron Nelson and second consecutive (K.H. Lee/2021, Sung Kang/2019, Sangmoon Bae/2013) • Born in Seoul, becomes the eighth different Korean to win on TOUR (19 total victories) and second of the 2020-21 season (Si Woo Kim/The American Express) • Wins in his second start in the AT&T Byron Nelson (2019/T72) • Win comes in his 23rd start of the season, with his T2 at TPC Scottsdale his only other top-10 finish of the season Additional Player Notes • 54-hole leader Sam Burns (2nd/-22) closed with a 2-under 70 in his bid to become the first player since Camilo Villegas in 2008 to have his first two TOUR victories come in back-to-back starts; won the Valspar Championship in his last start two weeks ago; with the runner-up finish at TPC Craig Ranch, moves to No. 5 in the FedExCup • Patton Kizzire (T3/-21) posted the low round of the day with a 9-under 63, resulting in his best finish on TOUR since winning the 2018 Sony Open in Hawaii • Making his third start in the AT&T Byron Nelson, Daniel Berger (T3/-21) made eight birdies in a 10-hole stretch en route to an 8-under 64; finished T10 in 2015 and T23 in 2019 • Scott Stallings (T3/-21) overcame a double bogey at No. 2 with birdies on five of his next seven holes to close with a 6-under 66; the T3 marks his best showing in a 72-hole stroke-play event on TOUR since finishing solo-third at the 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (more recently, finished T5 at the 2020 Barracuda Championship in the Modified Stableford scoring format) • Dallas native and 18-hole co-leader Jordan Spieth (T9/-18) played the par-5 holes in 11-under par for the week, highlighted by first- and third-round eagles at No. 18; the T9 finish marks his seventh top 10 in his last nine starts and includes his 12th TOUR title at last month’s Valero Texas Open in San Antonio • Defending champion Sung Kang finished T47 at 11-under 277 Bogey-free Rounds R1: 25 players R2: 18 players R3: 15 players R4: Bryson DeChambeau (69) Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-3 15th (3.128) Par-5 18th (4.321) R2: Par-4 16th (4.258) Par-5 12th (4.510) R3: Par-4 2nd (4.306) Par-5 5th (4.250) R4: Par-4 16th (4.204) Par-5 18th (4.514) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 34.353 34.397 68.750 -- R2: 35.206 35.161 70.368 69.556 R3: 34.736 34.389 69.125 69.475 R4: 34.653 35.444 70.097 69.574 .