Byron Nelson

K.H. Lee shoots a nine-under 63 over the final round to finish one shot ahead of hometown favorite Jordan Spieth and take the Byron Nelson title.

Thompson had birdie opportunities on the final two holes that she failed to convert before Lee closed it in style with a short birdie of her own. Thompson and Lee traded birdies on the par-five 12th, but Thompson closed with six straight pars for a 69. “It’s been a long time,” the emotional Stricker said. She steadied herself after what she called a “good” bogey on the par-three eighth. “I’ve been hitting it really, really well this whole — I mean, this whole season, and I just felt like it was kind of around the corner. “I just feel like I’ve kind of been trending,” said Lee, who also has a tie for second and a tie for third among her seven starts this year. Spieth shot a 67 to finish a stroke ahead of Matsuyama (62) and Sebastian Munoz (69), who held or shared the lead the first three rounds. “My emotion was actually quite just very, very level, so it was just nice just to win. Spieth’s eagle chip stayed left of the hole. This time it was 14. Lee took the lead for good with a two-putt birdie on the par-five 14th hole at Upper Montclair Country Club. She closed with a two-under 70, her only round not in the 60s, for a 72-hole total of 19-under 269 in the event that honors the 13 founding members of the LPGA Tour. Eagles were plentiful, too.

Round 4 of the AT&T Byron Nelson takes place Sunday from TPC Craig Ranch. Sebastian Munoz leads after 54-holes at 21-under-par.

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Jordan and a lot of guys coming just one behind and I know a lot of guys make a birdie at 18, so I need to make the putt. When you're so far away from the cut line like I was on Friday you kind of just free yourself up, kind of like today, just try and make as many birdies as possible and sometimes it goes your way.” Nevertheless, with a victory and his second runner-up finish of the year in his last two starts, Spieth rightfully is looking ahead with optimism to next week’s PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa, where for the fifth time he will try to complete the career grand slam. He stood three over after three holes of his second round but somehow made the cut on the number at five under par. And then I kind of got in my own head in the wind there on the second,” Spieth, who closed with a 67, said of his hiccup at 10. He began the final round T-30 and putted out on 18 for birdie and a one-stroke lead he knew wasn’t going to hold up. Thomas, the 2017 PGA champion, was part of an eight-way tie for the lead at one point, closed with a solid 67. Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion, closed with a 62 for a share of third place with Sebastian Muñoz, another local player who opened with a 60 and held the lead for each of the first three rounds before a middling 69 to finish at 24-under 264. Spieth whipped a 10-foot birdie try three feet past the cup at the par-4 10th hole and then missed the comebacker. It’s an amazing feeling,” said Lee, 30, who became the eighth player since 2000 to win his first two tour titles at the same event and the first to do it back-to-back since Daniel Berger at the 2017 St. Jude Classic. Lee joined Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson as the only repeat winners in tournament history. There is nothing in the profile of K.H. Lee to suggest he would emerge from this week’s crimson-splashed leaderboard at the AT&T Byron Nelson with a victory over the likes of Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama and Justin Thomas—all major champions. So what if Lee, a sturdy, rock-music loving, God-fearing South Korean, did trample all over a more enchanting narrative—that of Spieth, the Dallas native who made his PGA Tour debut in this event at age 16, finally winning at home.

The overall purse at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, was $9.1 million with the winner, K.H. Lee, defending his title and taking home $1.638 million for ...

T-51: Aaron Wise, 275/-13, $21,635.25 T-51: Jason Day, 275/-13, $21,635.25 T-38: David Skinns, 273/-15, $36,855 T-17: Jason Kokrak, 270/-18, $116,707.50 In the process, Lee took home a first-place prize money payout of $1.638 million from an overall purse of $9.1 million. This time, he did one better, shooting a 26-under 262 after posting a nine-under 63 in the final round.

Low scores were plentiful for a second year at TPC Craig Ranch. Last year K.H. Lee won at 25 under par, this year he was 26 under.

Marc Leishman had the first hole-in-one on the 213-yard 15th, land a 7-iron short and watching it roll in. Muñoz opened with his second 60 of the season, a first on tour. “The leaders are expected to shoot at least five or six (under) to kind of keep the pace. The top-ranked player never was a serious contender after winning four of his previous six individual starts. The 12th-ranked player said he didn’t figure on hanging around long with the scoring so low. So I was literally just trying to birdie as many holes as possible while being smart as well.” “Last year and this year, to make a good memory.” Both of his PGA Tour wins have come at the Nelson. Spieth’s eagle chip stayed left of the hole. An eagle on 18 got him closer. This time it was 14. “I love playing at home.

Taking a closer look at the Callaway and Titleist equipment K.H. Lee used to defend his title at the AT&T Byron Nelson.

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K.H. Lee now has two wins on the PGA Tour. They came a year apart at the AT&T Byron Nelson.

Spieth bogeyed two of his first three holes in the final round, including at the third where he drilled a volunteer with his tee shot that sprayed right. He signed for a career-low 61 and tied for fifth with Justin Thomas and Ryan Palmer. He drained a 15-foot birdie putt at No. 13 and his birdie at the last was the icing on the cake. On 17, Lee had an awkward stance in a greenside bunker and blasted out past the hole but then made a clutch 12-footer for par to maintain a 1-shot edge. He manhandled the four par-5s at TPC Craig Ranch in 5 under en route to shooting a 72-hole total of 26-under 262 and holding off Jordan Spieth by one stroke. His slump included three straight missed cuts before snapping that skid a week ago at the Wells Fargo Championship.

K.H. Lee defended his title at the AT&T Byron Nelson by holding off Dallas native Jordan Spieth and a slew of other big names. Here's a look inside Lee's ...

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