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McKINNEY, TEXAS - When Scottie Scheffler gets hot, it’s curtains for his opponents. When he gets hot in Texas, it’s really over - at record-setting pace.
Thee victory matched the low 72-hole score in PGA TOUR history (since 1983); previous instances of 253: Ludvig Åberg (2023 RSM Classic), Justin Thomas (2017 Sony Open in Hawaii); previous low 72-hole score in CJ CUP Byron Nelson history: 259 (Steven Bowditch/2015); previous low 72-hole score of the 2025 season: 257 (Hideki Matsuyama/The Sentry); previous low 72-holescore by Scheffler: 258 (2024 Travelers Championship).
The eight-stroke margin was the second-largest margin of victory in CJ CUP Byron Nelson history (10 strokes/Sam Snead/1957). It was the largest margin of victory of the 2025 season on TOUR (previous: 7 strokes/Thomas Detry/WM Phoenix Open). The last winning margin of eight or more strokes on TOUR: 11 strokes (Dustin Johnson/ 2020 FedEx St. Jude Championship).
Scheffler’s previous best margin of victory? Was five strokes (two times; 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, 2023 PLAYERS Championship).
It was Scheffler’s first win of the 2025 season in his ninth start.
Scheffler became the 72nd player to reach 14 wins on the PGA TOUR and he moved to T65 on the all-time wins list. Number 14 came about at another Signature event, Scheffler’s 139th start at the age of 28 years, 10 months, 13 days
Final Leaderboard CJ CUP Byron Nelson
1 Scottie Scheffler 61 63 66 63 253 (-31)
2 Erik van Rooyen 66 67 65 63 261 (-23)
3 Sam Stevens 65 65 70 64 264 (-20)
4 Jordan Spieth 69 67 67 62 265 (-19)
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On This Day in Golf History
May 5, 2022 - Jason Day finished atop of the leaderboard as the 34-year-old took full advantage of the soft conditions caused by rains earlier in the week and carded a 7-under (63) in the first round at last year’s Wells Fargo Championship at TPC Potomac. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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