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The opening round of the AT&T Byron Nelson takes place Thursday from TPC Craig Ranch. The all-Texan grouping of Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Will Zalatoris will be popular with the fans, and top players such as Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm are slated to compete. Sung Kang is the defending champion from 2019. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including Featured Groups for PGA TOUR LIVE. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 3:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS) PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 7:45 a.m.-6:30 p.m. ET (Featured Groups). Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. ET (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m.-6:30 p.m. ET. Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). TOURCast: Get shot-by-shot info in real time with shot tracks and video with TOURCast. TOUR Pulse: Get the PGA TOUR app to utilize TOUR Pulse, which provides users the ability to experience a mix of content, such as video highlights, written hole summaries and stat graphics on every player after every hole they complete. FEATURED GROUPS Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris (tee times) Sung Kang, Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm (tee times) Bryson DeChambeau, Marc Leishman, Sam Burns (tee times) Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka, Cameron Champ (tee times) MUST READS Insider: Will Zalatoris is unflappable Power Rankings Expert Picks The First Look
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John Catlin (+15000) … The 30-year-old native Californian is rapidly losing his label as an international man of mystery. That’s the cost of winning so often. When he debuted on the PGA TOUR at the 2018 CIMB Classic, he appeared in this space as a recent three-time champion on the Asian Tour. He delivered on the promise with a T22 in Kuala Lumpur. He went on to make another five starts on the PGA TOUR that season but they didn’t amount to much. Later in 2019, he prevailed in his transplanted home in Thailand. Since a four-month break due to the pandemic in 2020, he’s picked off three victories on the European Tour, the most recent of which the Austrian Golf Open in mid-April. Two weeks ago, he finished fifth at the Tenerife Open. The AT&T Byron Nelson opens a fortnight of competition as he’s poised for his major championship debut at Kiawah Island next week. He’ll be among the leader in fairways hit at TPC Craig Ranch. Talor Gooch (+8000) … With his second start in the PGA Championship looming and without a break in four weeks, the commitment to the AT&T Byron Nelson cannot be overstated. At 53rd in the FedExCup, the 29-year-old from Oklahoma is entrenched in that sturdy seam of talent between the elite and the rank and file. It’s an extension of the pedigree he brought when he broke onto the PGA TOUR in 2017-18. Three top-five finishes this season, most recently a T5 at THE PLAYERS Championship. Sepp Straka (+15000) … Now in his third season on the PGA TOUR, the 28-year-old from Austria is experiencing a flattening of his learning curve. In his first two seasons, he went a collective 23-for-50 but still qualified for the Playoffs in each. In 2020-21, he’s 16-for-21 with a pair of top 10s among five top 25s. He arrived at TPC Craig Ranch having strung together six paydays and sits a comfortable 92nd in the FedExCup. There isn’t much gloss on the back of his trading card but it’s also devoid a significant weakness. He presents as a quintessential sum-is-greater-than-his-parts talent. Ben Martin (+10000) … Whether it’s a truncated season, a super season or just a traditional season, reaching the FedExCup Playoffs from the conditional status category never is easy. If anything, it’s a bonus after the stress of navigating the year not always knowing in advance when one’s number is high enough to wiggle into a field. This is his reality in 2020-21. The 33-year-old has made some noise of late with a T9 at Corales in March and a T11 at Quail Hollow last week to rise to 162nd in points. He’s doing his thing as usual off the tee, which is half the preferred equation at TPC Craig Ranch where he’s not a stranger. He placed T13 when the Korn Ferry Tour Championship was last held here in 2012. Wes Roach (+30000) … Quietly going about his business juggling the PGA TOUR on conditional status with spot-starts on the Korn Ferry Tour. He’s 8-for-10 with three top 20s across both circuits in 2021. He’s slipped into a groove before, connecting for four top-11 finishes in six starts in the summer of 2019, three of which on the PGA TOUR. The 32-year-old is closer to qualifying for the KFT Finals via the FedExCup for which he’s ranked 200th, but he’s also knocking on the door on the KFT where he’s 91st in points. His strength is keeping his ball in play from tee to green, so even an average week with a putter at TPC Craig Ranch would yield tee times on the weekend. Odds were sourced on Tuesday, May 11 at 5 a.m. ET. For live odds visit betmgm. NOTE: Sleeper is a relative term, so Rob uses unofficial criteria to determine who qualifies. Each of the following usually is determined to be ineligible for this weekly staple: Winners of the tournament on the current host course; winners in the same season; recent major champions; top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking; recent participants of team competitions.
Everything is bigger in Texas and not many were bigger in the world of golf than Byron Nelson. The event that carries his name returns to the Lone Star state after a COVID-19 absence but will have a new home. TPC Craig Ranch in the Dallas suburb of McKinney replaces Trinity Forest as the new host for the next five years. RELATED: Power Rankings | Expert Picks TPC Craig Ranch has hosted stages of Q-School and has also served as host of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals in 2008 and 2012. The Tom Weiskopf design, opened in 2004, will play as Par-72 and stretch 7,468 yards. There’s plenty of space to swing it off the tee as the wind is always a factor in this part of the world. The Bentgrass greens running at 11.5 feet will provide more than ample targets (see: wind) at almost 6,800 square feet on average. Avoiding the 83 bunkers and keeping the ball out of Rowlett Creek, which will be in play on 13 holes, will pair with just over two inches of Bermuda rough to act as a deterrent this week. Zoysia fairways will be similar to Trinity Forest but that’s where the comparison stops so I won’t spend much time looking at that event. The winning scores of 16-under and 17-under (both Par-71) for the Korn Ferry Tournament Finals suggest an even lower winning total this week because of Par-72. The first TOUR stop at TPC Craig Ranch will feature plenty of connections from the Dallas area. Colleyville resident Ryan Palmer holds the course record of 61. Defending event champion Sung Kang is a member at the club and a Dallas resident. Obviously the notes below are from the past. Tom Weiskopf’s TPC Scottsdale is another point of interest as that track is used annually on TOUR. While it’s a different course, we can still glean information, just like we follow who plays well on Pete Dye tracks. Good luck! Recent Event Winners Stats Recent Winners and Notables 2012: Web.com Tour Championship: Justin Bolli (-16, 268) 11 rounds of 66 or better. … Top seven players were 10-under or lower. … Low round of the week was 64. … Played October 25-28. Tournament Notables Entered This Week: James Hahn (2nd) posted one of the two rounds of 64 for the week, the lowest recorded. … Luke List (T13) posted four eagles for the week and led the field in Par-5 scoring (-11). … Ben Martin (T13) signed for four rounds 70 or better. … Brice Garnett (T19) posted 66 in Round 3, his best of the week. … Cameron Percy (T19) closed 66-68 after sitting 2-over after 36 holes. … Rob Oppenheim (T28) aced No. 14 in Round 4. … Joseph Bramlett (T31), Hudson Swafford (T39), Jim Herman (T42), Brian Stuard (T47) and Tim Wilkinson (T53) all completed the four rounds (no cut). 2008: Web.com Tour Championship: Matt Bettencourt (-17, 267) Round 3 saw the two lowest rounds in tournament history, 63, posted. … There were 23 rounds of 66 or better. … Top 15 players 10-under or better. … Played November 6-9. Tournament Notables Entered This Week: Marc Leishman (T7) made 22 birdies, second best on the week. … Greg Chalmers (T25) made 18 birdies. … Scott Piercy (T31) led the field in Par-5 scoring (-11). Key stat leaders Top golfers in each statistic on the 2020-2021 PGA TOUR are listed only if they are scheduled to compete this week. Horses for Courses
