THIS WEEK on the PGA TOUR: AT&T Byron Nelson Classic

COURSE: TPC Craig Ranch (McKinney, Texas)

ARCHITECT: Tom Weiskopf

YARDS/PAR: 7,468 yards/Par 72

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $8,100,000/$1,458,000

DEFENDING Champion (March 2019) – Sung Kang – (2019 Leaderboard)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points Available/Winner: 2,989/500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @attbyronnelson

OFFICIAL SITE: (AT&T Byron Nelson) – (Official Tournament Site)

TV COVERAGE: Today and Friday, May 13 and 14: 3:30pm to 6:30pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. On Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16 – Golf Channel’s TV coverage will air from 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT), then CBS takes over coverage from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).

STREAMING: PGA Tour Live will offer streaming coverage of Featured Groups Today and Friday from 7:45am to 6:30pm (EDT). On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Live Featured Groups runs from 8:00am to 3:00pm (EDT) with Featured Holes streaming from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Streaming Radio coverage Today and Friday from 1:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT); then Saturday and Sunday, 1:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com.

How to Watch: (PGATourCom)

Welcome to PGA Tour Brunch – AT&T Byron Nelson Classic

The AT&T Byron Nelson has moved to TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, after two years at Trinity Forest Golf Club. Sung Kang was the last winner and is set to defend his 2019 title.

Back in 2019, Sung Kang became the 10th Korean-born player to win on the PGA Tour and second to win the AT&T Byron Nelson, the other being Sangmoon Bae in 2013. The 2019 tournament marked the 11th win by an international player at the AT&T Byron Nelson since 2000 (Jesper Parnevik/2000, Shigeki Maruyama/2002, Vijay Singh/2003, Sergio Garcia/2004, Adam Scott/2008, Rory Sabbatini/2009, Jason Day/2010, Sangmoon Bae/2013, Steven Bowditch/2015, Garcia/2016, Sung Kang/2019).

With the WD by Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau becomes one of the top headliners to play at TPC Craig Ranch. Last week, DeChambeau regained the lead in the FedExCup standings with a T-9 at the Wells Fargo Championship. He has held the FedExCup points lead in 17 of 30 weeks this season, the most of any player.

DeChambeau is seeking his ninth career PGA Tour title and third of the 2020-21 season (U.S. Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard). He enters the week at No. 4 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

The AT&T Byron Nelson is the 33rd of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA Tour season.

Tournament Tee Times begin today at 6:50am (local)/7:50am (EDT) through 2:12pm (local)/3:12pm (EDT).

Weather: Today’s forecast calls for Partly Cloudy skies and 64-degrees with 10 mph winds. There’s a 10% chance of rain both today and Friday. Lon-range forecast is calling for Thunderstorms on Sunday with an 80% chance of rain and 80% humidity.

Field Updates:

Brandon Hagy (out) / Jonathan Byrd (in) – Grayson Murray to replace Hagy in the pro-am

Sangmoon Bae is a WD off the alternate list

Dustin Johnson (out)/Greg Chalmers (in)

Tyler McCumber (out) / David Lingmerth (in)

Camilo Villegas (out) / Charlie Beljan (in)

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THIS WEEK on the PGA TOUR: AT&T Byron Nelson Classic

COURSE: TPC Craig Ranch (McKinney, Texas)

ARCHITECT: Tom Weiskopf

YARDS/PAR: 7,468 yards/Par 72

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $8,100,000/$1,458,000

DEFENDING Champion (March 2019) – Sung Kang – (2019 Leaderboard)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points Available/Winner: 2,989/500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @attbyronnelson

OFFICIAL SITE: (AT&T Byron Nelson) – (Official Tournament Site)

TV COVERAGE: Thursday and Friday, May 13 and 14: 3:30pm to 6:30pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. On Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16 – Golf Channel’s TV coverage will air from 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT), then CBS takes over coverage from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).

STREAMING: PGA Tour Live will offer streaming coverage of Featured Groups Thursday and on Friday from 7:45am to 6:30pm (EDT). On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Live Featured Groups runs from 8:00am to 3:00pm (EDT) with Featured Holes streaming from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Streaming Radio coverage Thursday and Friday from 1:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT); then Saturday and Sunday, 1:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com.

How to Watch: (PGATourCom)

Welcome to PGA Tour Brunch’s 1st Look at AT&T Byron Nelson

The AT&T Byron Nelson has moved to TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, after two years at Trinity Forest Golf Club. Due to COVID-19, the Byron Nelson was not contested in 2020. Looking back, Sung Kang was the last winner and is set to defend his 2019 title.

Did You Know: The AT&T Byron Nelson was the first Tour event to be named in honor of a professional golfer.

Hideki Matsuyama will make his first start since winning the 2021 Masters Tournament. Additional headliners include AT&T ambassador Jordan Spieth, FedExCup leader Bryson DeChambeau, four-time major champion Brooks Koepka and World No. 3 Jon Rahm who is making his tournament debut.

Pierceson Coody, Cole Hammer and Tyler Strafaci are participating after leading the United States to victory in last week’s Walker Cup. Strafaci is making his professional debut.

The field is “medium rare,” in terms of the usual high level, as the PGA Championship awaits next week and some golfers chose to go from Charlotte to Kiawah Island and ease travel. That stated, there are 82 PGA Tour winners combining for 269 total victories, led by Jason Day and Jordan Spieth (12 each). Eight major championship winners combining for 15 major victories will tee-it-up, including past PGA Championship winners Padraig Harrington(2008), Jason Day (2015), Jimmy Walker (2016) and Brooks Koepka(2018, 2019).

Five past champions of the AT&T Byron Nelson will compete. They are: RorySabbatini (2009), Jason Day (2010), Sergio Garcia (2004, 2016), Aaron Wise (2018), defending champ Sung Kang (2019), who is currently No. 184 in the FedExCup standings.

Tournament Tee Times begin Thursday at 6:50am (local)/7:50am (EDT) through 2:12pm (local)/3:12pm (EDT).

Weather: Thursday’s forecast calls for Partly Cloudy skies and 64-degrees with 10 mph winds. There’s a 10% chance of rain both Thursday and Friday. Lon-range forecast is calling for Thunderstorms on Sunday with an 80% chance of rain and 80% humidity.

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