Wyndham Clark carded an 11-under 60 to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in McKinney, Texas, finishing three strokes ahead of Si Woo Kim after taking control with an eagle at the par-5 12th and two-shot leads punctuated by clutch birdie putts over the final four hol
McKINNEY, Texas — Wyndham Clark didn’t just set the pace on Sunday. He stamped it into the final round with an 11-under 60, overtaking Si Woo Kim by three strokes and pulling away from defending champion Scottie Scheffler after beginning the day tied with the top-ranked hometown favourite.
Clark’s comeback wasn’t loud for long. He grabbed the first lead in the final round with an eagle at the par-5 12th. then twice built two-shot margins with birdie putts that came at just the right moments over the final four holes. He closed with a back-nine 28, landing an approach inside three feet at the par-4 18th.
By the time Clark’s card was done, the finishing details told the story. His ninth birdie matched Kim’s 60 from the second round — the South Korean’s own sprint had slipped at 18 when he lost a shot at 59 with a bogey.
Kim entered Sunday with a two-shot edge, but he couldn’t keep up with Clark on a revamped yet still vulnerable TPC Craig Ranch. Kim shot 65, a steady number that still left him staring at a three-stroke deficit in the end.
The course changes didn’t erase the challenge. With bunkers added and the contour of the greens altered on the par-71 layout, Clark finished just one shot off Scottie Scheffler’s winning score from a year ago. Scheffler’s 31-under total tied the PGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record of 253.
Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open champion who shot 30-under 254, made it clear he had this week’s rhythm when it mattered most. His fifth tour victory came in his first win since 2024 at Pebble Beach, where he also closed with a 60.
The run had its set pieces. Clark pumped his fist emphatically after a 45-foot birdie putt at the par-3 15th, and after another birdie at the No. 17 stadium hole he was still pumping — a little more reserved than at 15, but clearly alive to what the momentum was doing.
A few minutes after that long putt at 15, Kim was right there — on the same hole his 44-footer slid by the right side of the cup. The deficit was two when Kim couldn’t match Clark’s birdie at 17.
Scheffler’s weekend never fully collapsed, but it never climbed high enough to steal the spotlight either. Scheffler matched Kim’s 65 and finished at 25 under. He had been the wire-to-wire winner of his hometown event a year ago. shooting 31 under for an eight-shot victory and tying the tour’s 72-hole scoring record of 253.
This time, the defending champion didn’t get the same script. Scheffler was tied for the lead on Saturday but never caught Kim or Clark one group ahead after the second hole in the final round. At the short par-4 sixth. Scheffler was two shots behind Kim and Clark when his second shot hit the pin and spun away after bouncing — ending up 54 feet away. He settled for par on a hole where Kim and Clark birdied.
Behind the leaders, the standings offered their own steady confirmations. Jackson Suber produced a career-best 63 to finish 23 under, while Keith Mitchell shot 64 and came in a stroke back in fifth.
Brooks Koepka, still searching for his first win since rejoining the PGA Tour from LIV Golf, shot 68.
Jordan Spieth — the other hometown favourite alongside Scheffler — bounced back with a 66 to finish 15 under after fading from contention with a 73.
By the end of the day, the picture was unmistakable: Clark started Sunday tied for the top, moved into the lead on the par-5 12th with an eagle, and then kept turning late chances into momentum — until the gap was too wide to close.
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