“The more I practice, the luckier I get.”
— Gary Player
“The more I practice, the luckier I get.”
— Gary Player
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson is an annual PGA Tour event held at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, United States of America. The 2025 edition takes place Apr 30 - 4 with a prize fund of $9.9m.
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson is played at TPC Craig Ranch, a par 71 course measuring 7,569 yards. Designed by Tom Weiskopf, the course opened in 2004. Located in McKinney, Texas, United States of America.
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson is contested annually during the PGA Tour season. The 2025 edition was held Apr 30 - 4.
The greens at TPC Craig Ranch are Overseeded Kikuyugrass, with Tifton 328 fairways and 419 Bermudagrass/Palmer/Prelude III Rye rough.
Historically, players who contend at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson gain the most strokes on the greens (+0.83 SG/round) and on approach (+0.69 SG/round). Off the tee also matters, with top-10 finishers averaging +0.45 SG/round.
In 2024, THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson was won by Taylor Pendrith at -23.
| Pos | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Pendrith | -23 |
| 2 | Ben Kohles | -22 |
| 3 | Alex Noren | -21 |
| T4 | S.H. Kim | -20 |
| T4 | Aaron Rai | -20 |
| Year | Champion | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Taylor Pendrith | -23 |
Multi-factor analysis — form, course history, SG trending, tournament fit
| Player⇅ | Value▼ | Form⇅ | Course⇅ | Trending SG⇅ | Fit⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | - | 3 4.0 | - | +2.87▲ | B |
| Ben Griffin | - | - | 8 13.0 (1 app) | +1.93▲ | C |
| Sam Burns | - | 10 11.0 | - | +1.43▼ | D |
| Chris Gotterup | - | 8 8.4 | 15 24.0 (1 app) | -0.82▼ | D |
| Kurt Kitayama | - | - | - | +0.78▼ | C |
| Sami Valimaki | - | 5 6.7 | 31 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Ryan Fox | - | - | 32 50.0 (1 app) | -1.01▼ | F |
| Rasmus Højgaard | - | - | - | +0.87▲ | D |
| Sungjae Im | - | - | - | -0.58● | F |
| Ryan Gerard | - | 71 50.0 | - | -0.23▲ | F |
| Si Woo Kim | - | 4 4.0 | 9 13.0 (1 app) | +1.19▲ | D |
| Sam Stevens | - | 20 21.3 | 81 62.0 (1 app) | -0.54▲ | F |
| Taylor Pendrith | - | - | 1 1.0 (1 app) | +0.66● | D |
| Nico Echavarria | - | 12 18.0 | 16 24.0 (1 app) | - | C |
| Matt McCarty | - | - | - | +1.80▲ | C |
| Harry Hall | - | - | 33 50.0 (1 app) | +1.29● | C |
| Max McGreevy | - | 2 2.3 | 19 30.0 (1 app) | - | C |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | - | 6 7.0 | - | +1.70▼ | C |
| Rico Hoey | - | 11 12.0 | 34 50.0 (1 app) | - | C |
| Brian Campbell | - | - | - | -1.75▲ | F |
| Matt Wallace | - | 93 50.7 | 3 4.0 (1 app) | +0.16▼ | F |
| Nicolai Højgaard | - | - | - | +1.15▼ | C |
| Jordan Spieth | - | 14 19.0 | 35 50.0 (1 app) | -0.27▼ | F |
| Jacob Bridgeman | - | 72 50.0 | 36 50.0 (1 app) | -0.98▼ | D |
| Aldrich Potgieter | - | - | - | -0.08▼ | F |
| Jhonattan Vegas | - | - | 37 50.0 (1 app) | -0.34▼ | F |
| Matti Schmid | - | 37 34.0 | 38 50.0 (1 app) | +0.65▼ | D |
| Kevin Yu | - | 73 50.0 | 39 50.0 (1 app) | +1.53▼ | C |
| Mackenzie Hughes | - | 96 51.0 | 24 41.0 (1 app) | +0.28▼ | D |
| Pierceson Coody | - | 60 41.3 | 40 50.0 (1 app) | - | B |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | - | 63 43.0 | 41 50.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Byeong Hun An | - | 26 25.0 | 4 4.0 (1 app) | +1.11▲ | D |
| Davis Riley | - | 111 67.0 | 20 30.0 (1 app) | -1.79▼ | F |
| Emiliano Grillo | - | - | - | +1.13▼ | D |
| Mac Meissner | - | 13 18.0 | 42 50.0 (1 app) | +1.31▲ | D |
| Jake Knapp | - | 9 9.0 | 5 8.0 (1 app) | +0.69▼ | C |
| Vince Whaley | - | 25 23.7 | 25 41.0 (1 app) | - | C |
| Tom Kim | - | - | 76 52.0 (1 app) | -0.44▲ | F |
| Stephan Jaeger | - | 74 50.0 | 13 20.0 (1 app) | +0.56▲ | D |
| Eric Cole | - | 30 30.7 | - | +0.32▲ | D |
| Erik van Rooyen | - | - | - | -2.09▲ | F |
| William Mouw | - | 18 21.0 | - | -0.02▼ | F |
| Takumi Kanaya | - | 43 34.3 | - | - | C |
| Mark Hubbard | - | 53 39.3 | 77 52.0 (1 app) | -0.47▼ | F |
| Patrick Rodgers | - | 21 21.3 | - | +0.65● | D |
| Alex Smalley | - | 62 42.3 | 10 13.0 (1 app) | -0.26▼ | F |
| Austin Eckroat | - | 57 41.0 | - | +0.72▼ | F |
| Patrick Fishburn | - | 38 34.0 | 43 50.0 (1 app) | -0.19▲ | F |
| Ryo Hisatsune | - | 94 50.7 | 11 13.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Victor Perez | - | 75 50.0 | - | +0.50▲ | F |
| Beau Hossler | - | 106 59.3 | 78 52.0 (1 app) | -0.61▲ | F |
| Adam Schenk | - | 35 33.7 | 12 13.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Matt Kuchar | - | 107 60.0 | 44 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Cam Davis | - | - | - | -1.09▲ | F |
| Lee Hodges | - | 23 23.0 | - | - | D |
| Jesper Svensson | - | 51 38.7 | - | +0.01▲ | C |
| David Lipsky | - | 76 50.0 | 45 50.0 (1 app) | -0.00▼ | D |
| Karl Vilips | - | 97 51.0 | - | -0.53▼ | F |
| Christo Lamprecht | - | - | - | - | D |
| Kevin Roy | - | 64 44.7 | - | +0.11▲ | D |
| Doug Ghim | - | 29 27.9 | 46 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Niklas Norgaard | - | 31 32.0 | - | -0.67▲ | F |
| Chandler Phillips | - | 39 34.0 | 47 50.0 (1 app) | -0.51▼ | D |
| Justin Lower | - | 66 45.4 | 17 24.0 (1 app) | - | C |
| Seamus Power | - | 7 8.3 | 48 50.0 (1 app) | - | C |
| Antoine Rozner | - | 45 36.0 | - | -0.37▲ | D |
| Taylor Moore | - | 104 56.9 | - | - | F |
| Chad Ramey | - | 105 58.0 | 49 50.0 (1 app) | +0.37▼ | D |
| Ricky Castillo | - | 47 36.6 | - | +1.13▲ | D |
| Carson Young | - | 95 50.7 | 21 30.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Andrew Putnam | - | 109 61.9 | - | - | F |
| Trace Crowe | - | - | 50 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Jackson Suber | - | 92 50.3 | - | - | D |
| Lanto Griffin | - | 117 90.0 | 51 50.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Taylor Montgomery | - | 65 44.7 | 52 50.0 (1 app) | +0.09▼ | C |
| Harry Higgs | - | 116 81.9 | - | - | F |
| Matteo Manassero | - | 108 61.0 | - | -0.16▼ | C |
| Sam Ryder | - | 98 51.4 | 53 50.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Danny Walker | - | 77 50.0 | - | -0.46▼ | D |
| Joel Dahmen | - | 78 50.0 | 82 62.0 (1 app) | -1.45▼ | D |
| Hayden Springer | - | 115 80.9 | 54 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Kris Ventura | - | 40 34.0 | - | - | C |
| Isaiah Salinda | - | 54 39.3 | - | -0.45▼ | D |
| Frankie Capan III | - | 28 26.1 | - | - | D |
| Ben Silverman | - | 24 23.4 | 55 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Paul Peterson | - | 67 45.7 | - | - | D |
| Paul Waring | - | - | - | -0.40▼ | F |
| Patton Kizzire | - | 41 34.0 | 18 24.0 (1 app) | +0.65▲ | D |
| Alejandro Tosti | - | 1 2.0 | 56 50.0 (1 app) | -0.70▲ | F |
| Chan Kim | - | 17 20.0 | 57 50.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Charley Hoffman | - | - | - | -1.69● | F |
| Greyson Sigg | - | 19 21.1 | 58 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Ben Kohles | - | 44 35.0 | 2 2.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Henrik Norlander | - | 70 49.7 | 83 64.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Zac Blair | - | 52 38.7 | 59 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| David Skinns | - | 102 55.7 | 28 48.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Zach Johnson | - | 79 50.0 | 14 20.0 (1 app) | -0.01▲ | F |
| Thomas Rosenmueller | - | 36 33.9 | - | - | F |
| Noah Goodwin | - | 100 51.7 | - | - | F |
| Quade Cummins | - | 50 38.3 | 60 50.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| John Pak | - | 32 32.6 | - | - | F |
| Jeremy Paul | - | 120 100.3 | - | - | F |
| Trevor Cone | - | 33 32.9 | - | - | C |
| Brice Garnett | - | 58 41.0 | 61 50.0 (1 app) | -0.41▼ | F |
| Adam Svensson | - | 22 22.6 | - | - | D |
| Ross Steelman | - | 123 161.0 | - | - | C |
| Cameron Champ | - | 114 74.0 | 62 50.0 (1 app) | -0.31▼ | D |
| Will Gordon | - | 80 50.0 | - | - | F |
| Trey Mullinax | - | 61 42.3 | - | - | F |
| Nate Lashley | - | - | 63 50.0 (1 app) | +0.21▼ | F |
| Seungbin Choi | - | - | - | - | F |
| Martin Laird | - | 69 47.3 | 29 48.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Will Chandler | - | 34 32.9 | - | - | F |
| Joseph Bramlett | - | 119 98.0 | 64 50.0 (1 app) | +0.02▼ | B |
| Rikuya Hoshino | - | 46 36.0 | - | - | F |
| Dylan Wu | - | 16 19.7 | 22 30.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Rafael Campos | - | 81 50.0 | 6 9.0 (1 app) | -0.61▼ | F |
| Luke List | - | 101 52.3 | 23 30.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Camilo Villegas | - | 15 19.6 | 65 50.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Taylor Dickson | - | 121 107.3 | - | - | F |
| Matt NeSmith | - | 122 112.3 | 66 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Ben Martin | - | 48 37.1 | 30 48.0 (1 app) | -0.05▲ | F |
| Francesco Molinari | - | 42 34.0 | - | +0.07▲ | D |
| Webb Simpson | - | 27 25.0 | - | +0.34▲ | F |
| Nick Hardy | - | 118 92.3 | 67 50.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Peter Malnati | - | - | - | +0.04▼ | D |
| Matthew Riedel | - | 59 41.0 | - | -2.16▲ | F |
| Tim Widing | - | 82 50.0 | - | -0.84▲ | F |
| Hayden Buckley | - | 110 62.9 | 79 52.0 (1 app) | - | C |
| Braden Thornberry | - | 68 46.0 | - | +0.05▲ | D |
| Philip Knowles | - | 83 50.0 | - | -0.96▼ | F |
| Cristobal Del Solar | - | 84 50.0 | - | -3.19▲ | F |
| Kevin Tway | - | - | 7 9.0 (1 app) | - | F |
| Chesson Hadley | - | 85 50.0 | 68 50.0 (1 app) | -1.85▼ | F |
| Kaito Onishi | - | 103 55.7 | - | -0.56▼ | D |
| Kevin Velo | - | 99 51.7 | - | - | F |
| Mason Andersen | - | 56 40.7 | - | - | D |
| Kevin Kisner | - | 86 50.0 | 69 50.0 (1 app) | +0.37▼ | D |
| Nelson Ledesma | - | - | - | - | F |
| Aaron Baddeley | - | - | 26 41.0 (1 app) | -2.20▲ | F |
| Norman Xiong | - | 87 50.0 | 70 50.0 (1 app) | -0.79▼ | D |
| Harrison Endycott | - | 55 40.0 | 80 52.0 (1 app) | -0.08▲ | F |
| Chez Reavie | - | 112 71.0 | 71 50.0 (1 app) | -0.86▼ | F |
| Ryan Palmer | - | 49 37.3 | 72 50.0 (1 app) | -0.38▲ | D |
| James Hahn | - | 113 72.0 | 73 50.0 (1 app) | -1.65▼ | F |
| Anders Albertson | - | 88 50.0 | - | -1.44▼ | F |
| Vince Covello | - | 89 50.0 | - | -2.08▼ | F |
| Scott Gutschewski | - | - | 74 50.0 (1 app) | -2.87▲ | F |
| Sung Kang | - | - | 27 41.0 (1 app) | -1.24▼ | F |
| Noah Kent | - | - | - | - | F |
| Kris Kim | - | - | 84 65.0 (1 app) | - | D |
| Bobby Massa | - | - | - | - | F |
| Brandon Matthews | - | 90 50.0 | - | -2.84▼ | F |
| Tommy Morrison | - | - | - | - | F |
| Gabe Reynolds | - | - | - | - | F |
| Nick Watney | - | 91 50.0 | 75 50.0 (1 app) | - | F |