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McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — K.H. Lee was more than happy to play through a steady downpour in the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson, and didn’t mind waiting out a weather delay of more than two hours Sunday. His win earned him fully-exempt status through the 2022-23 PGA TOUR season, 500 FedExCup points and entry into many of the game’s biggest event’s, starting with this week’s PGA Championship. RELATED: What’s in Lee’s bag? | Final leaderboard | FedExCup standings Lee also earned his first PGA TOUR victory and became the second consecutive AT&T Byron Nelson winner from South Korea by finishing at 25 under, three ahead of third-round leader Sam Burns. Heavy rain fell most of the back nine for the leaders, with puddles showing up on greens over the final holes and one ball in the fairway stuck in the middle of a fast-moving stream. The players slogged through the deluge before lightning forced a delay. Most of the standing water was gone when play resumed two hours and 23 minutes later. Lee missed a par putt on No. 16 to cut his lead to two, but answered with two birdies. The sun came out just as Lee was finishing his 6-under 66. Burns struggled to a 71 to finish at 22 under, a shot ahead of Charl Schwartzel, Daniel Berger, Patton Kizzire and Scott Stallings. Troy Merritt and Joseph Bramlett finished two more back at 19 under. When the delay hit, Jordan Spieth already knew he was going to fall short again in his hometown event, played on its third course in the past four Nelsons at the rain-soaked TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, about 30 miles north of Dallas. Spieth, three back to start the day, shot 71 and tied for ninth, giving him his first top 10 at the Nelson 11 years after he was a contender on Sunday as a 16-year-old when the course was at its home of more than 30 years at the TPC Four Seasons. South Korea’s Sung Kang was the defending champion after winning in 2019. Threesomes started from the first and 10th tees just after daybreak to try to beat a forecast calling for increasing rain throughout the day. Steady rain for two-plus hours got progressively worse as players began ducking for cover under umbrellas immediately after shots and constantly wiped grips with towels. From the start of the round, they got to lift, clean and place their shots in the fairways. Lee overtook Burns, who shot 70, before it got really wet. The 29-year-old from Seoul went ahead for good with a birdie on the par-4 third hole and stretched the lead to four at No. 8 by putting his second shot within 4 feet for birdie. Lee, who finished tied for second at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February, had the lowest score to par at the Nelson on the par-72 TPC Craig Ranch layout, beating 23 under from both years at par-71 Trinity Forest. The TPC Four Seasons was par 70. Lee is getting his third shot at a major after twice missing the cut at the U.S. Open. The first was in 2014, more than three years before his second PGA TOUR appearance. Burns wrapped up his PGA Championship spot two weeks ago with his first TOUR victory at the Valspar Championship when he converted a 54-hole lead into a win after two failed attempts this season. The 54-hole lead again got away from the 24-year-old from Louisiana, who was trying to become the first player since Camilo Villegas in 2008 to get his first two PGA TOUR victories in consecutive starts. Seamus Power was 21 under through eight holes but fell back with a rare double bogey at the par-4 13th on a course that yielded nearly 100 scores in the 60s in the opening round. Power shot 70 and was in the group at 18 under with Spieth, Jhonattan Vegas (67) and Doc Redman (70). Kizzire, the only player with two rounds of 64 or better, was 8 under for the day through 12 before settling for his 63. He vaulted in contention with a second-round 64 before a 71 Saturday.

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Suddenly thrust into the spotlight after leader Jon Rahm tests positive for COVID-19 and WDs, Patrick Cantlay and Collin Morikawa battle all day before each signing for a 71 to force extra holes. When Cantlay saves par from 12 feet and Morikawa misses from 6, it’s over. Meanwhile, Jimmy Walker cards a final-round 65 to finish T6 for his first top-10 since 2018. Here are five stories you may have missed from the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. 1. Patrick Cantlay is FedExCup No. 1 After getting guidance from Jack Nicklaus himself, Patrick Cantlay won the Memorial for the first time in 2019. He shot a final-round 64 that day, and afterward said Nicklaus had instructed him to relax and have fun, soak it all in, enjoy the moment with the fans. This time, Cantlay had to scratch out a 1-under 71 and was back to game-face mode. “Yeah, my natural disposition is pretty stoic, and so I’m pretty deadpan a lot, but that’s not necessarily an accurate reflection of how I feel on the inside,” he said. “I do think it’s good advice for me to enjoy it more and really enjoy the moment and show that I am enjoying the moment, and so I try to do a little more of that. “But in general,” he added after his second win this season (ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD), which moved him up to No. 1 in the FedExCup. “I feel most myself when I’m just locked in and really focused and kind of in work mode.” For more on Cantlay, click here. 2. It was opposite day for Collin Morikawa Collin Morikawa is usually one of the PGA TOUR’s most dynamic and reliable ball-strikers from tee to green, but his putting runs hot and cold. That wasn’t the case on Sunday, when he admitted he “couldn’t really hit a green for my life.” Instead, Morikawa had one of the best scrambling days of his life, making more than 109 feet of putts. “I was hitting my shots that I wanted,” he said, “and we were a little off calculating, a little off with just luck, and sometimes that happens, but to get into a playoff to make the putts I needed to make, just to keep myself in it, I’m proud of myself and it’s crazy. It’s crazy what a game it is. “I didn’t feel like I really ever played this game where I’m missing every green, chipping, making 10-footers,” he added. “I like it the other way where I hit it a lot closer.” 3. Scottie Scheffler keeps knocking on door Although he couldn’t fully recover from bogeys at the par-4 sixth and ninth holes, plus a failure to birdie the par-5 11th, Scottie Scheffler, 24, keeps knocking on the door for his first win. After a T8 at the PGA Championship and solo 3rd at the Memorial he will be among the dark horses at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines South in two weeks. “I feel good about where my game is,” he said after making bogey at Muirfield Village’s tough 18th hole to miss the playoff by two. “Few things I need to clean up, but overall, it was a solid week.” 4. Jimmy Walker feeling better after long slump After starting Sunday in a tie for 38th place, Jimmy Walker, 42, shot the day’s low round, a bogey-free, 7-under 65 to finish T6, seven shots back. It was his first top-10 finish since a T6 at the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson, and he admitted he had been feeling discouraged. “You got to believe that hard work pays off,” he said. “Sometimes it doesn’t, and it hasn’t been for me, but maybe it’s just taken longer than I would have liked. And today was definitely a step. “It really shows a lot of maybe light at the end of the tunnel,” Walker continued, “especially for a place that I never played well at.” 5. Rickie Fowler rolling heading into U.S. Open sectional With a T8 at the PGA Championship and a final-round 70 and T11 at the Memorial, Rickie Fowler is finally seeing some results from his rebuilt game under John Tillery. He’d have fared even better at Jack’s place were it not for a third-round 75. “Heading the right way,” Fowler said. He’s even starting to putt better, at long last. Now he’ll head into the 36-hole U.S. Open sectional on Monday with hopes of making into the field at Torrey Pines South next week. “Just go get some good food tonight, get some good sleep, rest up,” he said. “It will be a long day. Hopefully we can dodge some rain and storms in the afternoon.” COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 The Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 highlights and rewards the extraordinary level of play required to earn a spot in the TOP 10 at the conclusion of the FedExCup regular season. The competition will conclude prior to the FedExCup PLAYOFFS where the top 10 FedExCup points leaders will be recognized and awarded as the most elite in golf. Week after week, shot after shot, each event matters more than ever before. Who will finish in the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10? Click here to follow the weekly action.

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