McKINNEY, Texas — Scottie Scheffler matched the PGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring file Sunday, ending at 253 and working away with an eight-shot victory at his hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
The highest-ranked participant, who closed with a 63 to complete at 31 below par, tied the mark set by Justin Thomas on the 2017 Sony Open and equaled six years later by Ludvig Åberg on the RSM Basic.
Scheffler was in place to interrupt the file earlier than a flubbed chip that led to bogey on the par-3 seventeenth gap and a par from a greenside bunker on the par-5 closing gap. His 8-foot putt for birdie and the solo file slid by the left aspect of the outlet.
Hideki Matsuyama has the bottom rating in relation to par this season, 35 below on the par-73 Plantation Course at Kapalua.
Scheffler tied the 54-hole Nelson file with an eight-shot lead, and no person received nearer than six throughout the closing spherical. Erik van Rooyen of South Africa matched Scheffler’s 63 to complete at 23 below, three pictures forward of Sam Stevens and 4 forward of one other hometown favourite, Jordan Spieth.
Scheffler and Spieth completed with the 2 lowest rounds of the event. Scheffler opened with a 10-under 61 on Thursday on the defenseless par-71 TPC Craig Ranch in a suburban neighborhood about 30 miles north of Dallas.
Spieth shot 62 within the closing spherical, surging to complete fourth whereas watching his good friend and fellow Texas alum change into the primary of the pair to win the occasion they each cherish.
It was the primary victory this yr for Scheffler after he gained a complete of 10 occasions earlier than Might within the earlier three years mixed, together with two Masters victories. The 28-year-old Dallas resident has 14 profession victories.
Scheffler’s earlier greatest Nelson end was a tie for fifth two years in the past. He missed final yr’s occasion for the beginning of his first youngster. He cradled his year-old son, Bennett, after changing into the primary wire-to-wire Nelson winner since Tom Watson 45 years in the past.
Scheffler shattered the earlier Nelson scoring file of 259 set by Steven Bowditch in 2015. That event was performed on the TPC 4 Seasons. Usually a par 70, that course had a par-69 format the ultimate three days when heavy rain pressured officers to transform a par 4 right into a par 3. Bowditch completed 18 below.
Scheffler’s victory margin was the second-largest on the Nelson behind Sam Snead’s 10-shot win in 1957, when it was referred to as the Dallas Open Invitational.
Due to heavy rain Wednesday and Friday, gamers had been allowed to raise, clear and exchange their golf balls within the fairway for the primary three rounds, however not within the closing spherical.
Aberg had so-called most popular lies throughout the first rounds on the 2023 RSM Basic. Sunday’s climate on the Nelson was excellent, with highs within the mid-70s and little wind.
