{"id":694642,"date":"2026-05-26T10:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/694642\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:24:19","slug":"wyndham-clark-shoots-60-to-win-byron-nelson-pulling-away-from-si-woo-kim-and-scottie-scheffler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/694642\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyndham Clark shoots 60 to win Byron Nelson, pulling away from Si Woo Kim and Scottie Scheffler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/MGNFOBDLRRD2NLBIUU5ZQ365HQ.jpg?auth=7568bc3f3b74785fa5849f6e35a31b5ff838d02a071a57ddd1715c9ab5b4e2ff&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Wyndham Clark watches his shot out of a hazard on the 10th fairway during the final round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson golf tournament in McKinney, Tx. on Sunday.Tony Gutierrez\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Wyndham Clark shot 11-under 60 to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Sunday, overtaking Si Woo Kim by three strokes and pulling away from defending champion Scottie Scheffler after starting the day tied with the top-ranked hometown favourite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The 2023 U.S. Open champion, who shot 30-under 254, went in front for the first time in the final round with an eagle at the par-five 12th and twice took two-shot leads with clutch birdie putts over the final four holes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Clark finished a back-nine 28 with an approach inside 3 feet at the par-four 18th. His ninth birdie matched Kim\u2019s 60 from the second round when the 30-year-old South Korean lost a shot at 59 with a bogey at 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Kim started with a two-shot edge but couldn\u2019t keep up with Clark on the revamped but still vulnerable TPC Craig Ranch. He shot 65.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Despite the addition of bunkers and significant changes to the contour of the greens on the par-71 layout, Clark was just one shot off Scheffler\u2019s winning score of a year ago. Scheffler\u2019s 31 under tied the PGA Tour\u2019s 72-hole scoring record of 253.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Clark\u2019s fifth tour victory was his first since 2024 at Pebble Beach, where he also closed with a 60.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The 32-year-old had an emphatic first pump after his 45-foot birdie putt at the par-three 15th. Clark was a little more reserved, but pumping a fist nonetheless after another birdie two, this one at the No. 17 stadium hole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">A few minutes after Clark\u2019s long putt at 15, Kim was a shot behind when his 44-footer on the same hole slid by the right side of the cup. The deficit was two when Kim couldn\u2019t match Clark\u2019s birdie at 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Scheffler, who matched Kim\u2019s 65 and was 25 under, was the wire-to-wire winner of his hometown event a year ago, shooting 31 under for an eight-shot victory and tying the tour\u2019s 72-hole scoring scoring record of 253. <\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/KJ4AY7M2LZAWJJTPFIEECTKFGU.jpg?auth=8295e97a4745bd26a45b9318f105a5f73e09c4c8f9b868b3eb7c984ab83fcb97&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Scottie Scheffler of the United States reacts after missing a putt on the 12th green during the final round of The CJ Cup Byron Nelson 2026 at TPC Craig Ranch on Sunday in McKinney, Tx.Sam Hodde\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The four-time major winner briefly was tied for the lead on Saturday, but never caught Kim \u2013 his partner in the final pairing \u2013 or Clark one group ahead after the second hole in the final round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Scheffler was two shots behind Kim and Clark at the short par-four sixth when his second shot hit the pin and spun away after it bounced, ending up 54 feet away. He settled for par on a hole Kim and Clark birdied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Suber Jackson was a career-best fourth, shooting 63 to finish 23 under. Keith Mitchell shot 64 and was a stroke back in fifth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Brooks Koepka, still looking for his first win since rejoining the PGA Tour from LIV Golf, shot 68.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Jordan Spieth, the other hometown favourite alongside Scheffler, bounced back with a 66 and finished 15 under a day after fading from contention with a 73.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Wyndham Clark watches his shot out of a hazard on the 10th fairway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,622,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-694642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-golf","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}