Before the PGA Tour heads to Quail Hollow for the sixth signature event of the season next week, a solid field is in McKinney, Texas, for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch.
Jason Day returns to the Lone Star State as the defending champion and will be joined Thursday morning by Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott, Tom Kim and Min Woo Lee, among others. Day’s win here last season ended the Aussie’s winless drought that dated back to the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship. As for the Texas favorite, Spieth finished second (’22) and ninth (’21) in two previous appearances at TPC Craig Ranch.
Zalatoris, another Texas resident, missed the cut at last week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans alongside Sahith Theegala.
Golf course
TPC Craig Ranch | Par 71 | 7,414 yards | Tom Weiskopf design
Course history
Course history at TPC Craig Ranch for the Byron Nelson
-Includes finish position and Strokes Gained per round for the three tournaments here from 2021-2023.
-6th LEAST predictive annual PGA Tour course
*Past Winners/Odds
2023 – Jason Day (-23) +1800
2022 – K.H. Lee (-26)… pic.twitter.com/9mHq0ccIqP— Ron Klos (@PGASplits101) April 29, 2024
Betting odds
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Jordan Spieth | +1400 | Tom Hoge | +2800 |
| Si Woo Kim | +1600 | Sungjae Im | +2800 |
| Jason Day | +2000 | Keith Mitchell | +3500 |
| Will Zalatoris | +2200 | Adam Schenk | +3500 |
| Adam Scott | +2200 | Thomas Detry | +4000 |
| Stephan Jaeger | +2500 | Mackenzie Hughes | +4000 |
| Min Woo Lee | +2500 | Maverick McNealy | +5000 |
| Ben An | +2500 | Mark Hubbard | +5000 |
| Alex Noren | +2500 | K.H. Lee | +5000 |
| Tom Kim | +2800 | Seamus Power | +5500 |
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