2021 AT&T (33rd of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)

TPC Craig Ranch May 13-16, 2021 FedExCup Points: 500 (winner) McKinney, Texas /Yards: 36-36—72/7,468 Purse: $8,100,000 ($1,458,000 winner)

Second-Round Notes – Friday, May 14, 2021

Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 78. Wind SE 7-14 mph, gusting to 18 mph.

36-hole cut: 72 professionals at 6-under 138 from a field of 154 professionals and two amateurs.

Second-Round Leaderboard 65-62—127 (-17) Alex Noren 65-64—129 (-15) K.H. Lee 65-65—130 (-14) Doc Redman 64-67—131 (-13) J.J. Spaun 63-69—132 (-12)

Things to Know • Bogey-free through 36 holes, Sam Burns holds his PGA TOUR-leading fifth 36-hole lead/co-lead of the season • Burns cards career-low 62, two weeks after equaling his best round on TOUR with a second-round 63 en route to winning the • 6-under represents the lowest cut in AT&T Byron Nelson history (-4/2018); falls one shy of the TOUR’s lowest cut since 1970 (2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open/-7) • First-round co-leaders J.J. Spaun and fall to fifth and T6, respectively • Defending champion Sung Kang currently T27 in attempt to become event’s first repeat winner since 1980 • champion and local favorite Will Zalatoris make the cut on the number • Notables missing the cut: , Jason Day, Sergio Garcia,

Second-Round Lead Notes 9 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win the AT&T Byron Nelson (since 2000) (most recent: Sung Kang/2019) 7 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win during the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season (most recent: Sam Burns/Valspar Championship)

About Sam Burns (entering the week) Category Sam Burns Age 24 (July 23, 1996) FedExCup 16 OWGR 44 Starts at AT&T Byron Nelson 1 Wins at AT&T Byron Nelson 0 Top-10s at AT&T Byron Nelson 0 Career PGA TOUR starts 76 Career PGA TOUR wins 1 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 11 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 16 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 1 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 5

Sam Burns (1st/-17) • Cards career-low 10-under 62, with a career-best 10 birdies • Bogey-free through 36 holes for the first time on the PGA TOUR • Prior to Friday’s 62, previous best round was 63, set most recently en route to winning the Valspar Championship • Fifth 36-hole lead/co-lead of the season, most on TOUR: 2020 Fortinet Championship/T7, 2020 Vivint /T7, 2021 The Genesis Invitational/3rd, 2021 Valspar Championship/won, 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson/TBD • Best 36-hole scores on TOUR: 127 (2021 AT&T Byron Nelson/TBD), 129 (2020 Fortinet Championship/T7) • 17-under is the best 36-hole score in relation to par on TOUR this season (/-16/RBC Heritage) • Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (+8.946) • Making his first start since picking up his first PGA TOUR victory at the Valspar Championship, where the 24-year- old become the second-youngest winner of that event (Jordan Spieth/2015/21 years, 7 months, 16 days) • With a victory this week, would become the first player since in 2008 (BMW Championship, ) to win his first two PGA TOUR titles in consecutive starts • Finished T72 in his only other start at the AT&T Byron Nelson (2019)

Jordan Spieth (T6/-11) • AT&T Ambassador followed bogey-free 9-under 63 with a 2-under 70; trails Sam Burns by six strokes • Lone bogey through two rounds came on his opening hole Friday (No. 10) • Putting stats through two rounds: R1 (26 putts; 121’ 7” of putts made), R2 (28 putts; 61’3”) • Best of nine previous starts at the AT&T Byron Nelson is a T16 from his first start of 2010 • Making second start since claiming his 12th and most recent victory at the in San Antonio • Finished inside the top-5 in five of his last seven stroke-play events (T9 at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play)

Additional Player Notes • Alex Noren (2nd) equals his low round on the PGA TOUR with a bogey-free 8-under 64; best finish in 103 starts came at the 2018 , where he lost in a playoff to Jason Day • K.H. Lee (3rd) opens the week with matching 7-under 65s to sit 14-under 130; previous-best 36-hole score was 132, set on three occasions and most recently at the 2021 Waste Management (T2); would become the third Korean-born player to win the AT&T Byron Nelson (Sangmoon Bae/2013, Sung Kang/2019) • Making his tournament debut, Doc Redman (4th) cards second-round 67 and enters the weekend four behind Sam Burns; best finish in 53 TOUR starts came at the 2019 , where he finished runner-up by six strokes to • First-round co-leader J.J. Spaun (5th) trails by five after a 3-under 69 • (T6) has top-10 finishes in three of his last five starts at the event (T7/2014, 3/2016, T9/2017) • Defending champion Sung Kang (T27) looks to join (1957-58), (1970-71) and (1978-80) as players to successfully defend their AT&T Byron Nelson title • FedExCup leader Bryson DeChambeau (T40) makes the cut for the first time at the AT&T Byron Nelson (2016, 2017) • Making first start since winning the 2021 Masters Tournament, Hideki Matsuyama (T53) makes the cut on the number • After leading the to victory in last week’s , Cole Hammer (-5), Pierceson Coody (E) and (+6) all missed the cut

Bogey-free Rounds R1: 25 players R2: 18 players

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)

Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 34.353 34.397 68.750 -- R2: 35.206 35.161 70.368 69.556