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Scottie Scheffler walks off the 10th green during the final round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson golf tournament in McKinney, Texas, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/Tony Gutierrez)<\/p>\n
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MCKINNEY \u2014\u00a0Jordan Spieth<\/a> is dialed in, throwing darts on the back nine as his sizable\u00a0gallery continues to grow. Tap-in birdie on the par-5 12th. Another birdie on the challenging, uphill par-4 13th. A short birdie after just missing the green on the drivable par-4\u00a014th.<\/p>\n In a more perfect world, his charge to 16-under-par Sunday carries considerable weight. At the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, it\u2019s just a morning warmup act for the main event. When he\u00a0goes in the water on No. 15 and makes double bogey to slide to 14 under, he drops out of the\u00a0top 10, although his presence there was never meaningful, anyway. It\u2019s only noon and the names gathered above and below him haven\u2019t even teed off at the birdie-fest known as\u00a0TPC Craig Ranch<\/a>.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n In fact, Scottie\u00a0Scheffler<\/a> is 40 minutes from his tee time when Spieth finds his watery\u00a0grave on the 15th. One day those two will duel in the sun on the back nine here, and it will\u00a0make Dallas golf history. As it stands, Scheffler and Si Woo Kim<\/a>, playing in the final pairing, each shot 6-under-par 65 and weren\u2019t even in the running by the time they reached the 17th hole. Wyndham Clark\u2019s 11-under 60, playing just in front of Kim and Scheffler, propelled him to 30-under-par and his first victory in a season in which he hadn\u2019t found a single top 10.<\/p>\n This is the sixth Nelson held out here in what some of us consider the Far North, and it\u2019s the second time the winner <\/a>has reached 30-under-par. Scheffler won a year ago<\/a> at 31 under. The worst scores that found their way into a winner\u2019s circle here are Jason Day\u2019s and\u00a0Taylor Pendrith\u2019s 23-under-par tallies.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not going to pretend\u00a0TPC Las Colinas was Pine Valley, but Keegan Bradley won at 3-under-par one year. Adam Scott brought home a win at 7 under. They weren\u2019t that low every year, but no one got to 20 under. Birdies down the stretch were, for the most part, earned.<\/p>\n Make Dallas News a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s nothing wrong with staging an event at a course that showcases the greatness of the modern golfer. But the unlikely rains along with the lack of wind and the light rough made this the most beatable of courses. Kim shot a 60 in the second round before Clark did it Sunday. Kim finished 27- under-par and Scheffler snatched his sixth third-place-or-higher finish of the season at 25 under. But Clark ran off and hid with nine birdies and an eagle.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The fourth-place finisher was Jackson\u00a0Suber at 22 under. He had not finished higher than 19th (at Myrtle Beach) this season and had missed five of nine cuts. Suber tore up the course\u00a0with a 63 Sunday. Johnny Keefer, who tied for ninth with a 63, had one top 25 finish before Sunday and has missed six cuts. Relative unknowns eating up your course is never a great look.<\/p>\n Of course, not everything needs to play like the\u00a0PGA last Sunday, where pins were stuck on the side of hills and each birdie was a Herculean task. But there\u2019s something about\u00a0Scheffler leaving a golf course at 25-under-par and feeling like he played \u201cOK.\u2019\u2019 He never made a 5 until settling for par on No. 12 \u2014 his 66th hole \u2014 but said later, \u201cAround this place, if you\u2019re gonna beat 30 under, you can\u2019t be making a bunch of fives.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n