With the second major of the season now in the books, the PGA Tour returns to the Metroplex for consecutive stops beginning this week with The CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney.
The tournament will be contested Thursday-Sunday before the Tour heads slightly southwest to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth May 27-31 for the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Among the professionals in attendance this weekend in McKinney will be world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who will be looking to defend his 2025 championship after finishing in a tie for 14th Sunday at the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newton Square, Penn.
Last year, Scheffler finished the tournament at 31-under-par (the lowest 72-hole score in PGA Tour history) to defeat second-place finisher Eric Van Rooyen by eight strokes.
Scheffler will be gunning for his title this season after previously taking first at The American Express in January.
Jesuit product Jordan Spieth will also be on the course in McKinney after earning a tie for 18th in his own right this past weekend at the PGA.
Spieth has never won the Byron Nelson and is coming off a fourth-place finish a year ago.
Other local golfers of note slated to participate in McKinney include SMU’s Harry Higgs, Plano West’s Pierceson Coody, Dallas-born Ben Kohles and Dallas resident Taylor Moore.
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