PGA Tour Brunch | The CJ Cup
Second Round Coverage of the 2026 CJ Cup | Byron Nelson
McKINNEY, TEXAS - Taylor Moore (1st/-9) opened with a bogey-free 9-under (62), his career low 18-hole score with the previous being a (63), most recent: 2024 Baycurrent Classic/R1).
Moore holds his fourth 18-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR, with the most recent at the 2024 Baycurrent Classic/finished T11). He’s 0-for-3 to converting 18-hole lead to tournament victory to date.
Moore made his third appearance at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson (T32/2022, MC/2025)
This season, Moore’s best finish in 10 prior starts: T2/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
Brooks Koepka (T2/-8) recorded a bogey-free 8-under (63) and is only one stroke off lead. Thursday was his first opening bogey-free round on TOUR since the 2023 Masters (R2) and the (63) is one-stroke shy of his lowest opening-round score on TOUR ever (62, most recent: 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational).
CJ Cup | Leaderboard After 18 Holes
1 Taylor Moore 62 (-9)
T2 Brooks Koepka 63 (-8)
T2 Jesper Svensson 63 (-8)
T4 Seven players 64 (-7)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney, Texas
YARDS/PAR: 7,385 yards/Par 71
ARCHITECT: Tom Weiskopf
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $10,300,000/$1,184,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Scottie Scheffler
PAST RESULTS: (link)
OVERVIEW: (PGATourCom)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup
BYRON NELSON ORGANIZATION: (link)
How to Watch | THE CJ CUP | Byron Nelson
Friday, May 22, 2026 - All Times Eastern
7:45am to 7:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm to 7:00pm - PGA Tour Radio online and on Sirius XM Radio
3:00pm to 6:00pm - Golf Channel and Peacock Network Streaming
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
CJ CUP Byron Nelson | The Basics
CJ Byron Nelson Tee Times today began at 8:00am and go to 3:11pm (EDT).
Weather: Today’s temps at 70-degrees early AM, with a 15% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy and highs reaching 81 degrees mid-afternoon, lowering humidity from 93% to 60% and dropping chance of rain to 5% by 2pm (local).
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 9:00am (EDT) on Saturday.
THE CJ CUP | Field, Updates and Tee Times
The Field: (link)
Updates:
Saturday, May 16
Nicolai Højgaard WD / Noah Goodwin IN
Marco Penge WD / Cameron Champ IN
Sunday, May 17
Michael Kim WD / Will Gordon IN
Webb Simpson WD / Trey Mullinax IN
Trey Mullinax WD / Luke List IN
Monday, May 18
Aldrich Potgieter WD/ Jonathan Byrd IN
Andrew Putnam WD / Austin Cook IN
Aaron Rai WD / S.Y. Noh IN
Field expanded from 145 players to 147 to round out threesomes:
Scott Piercy IN
Ryan Palmer IN
Mason Howell (Sponsor exemption)
Tuesday, May 19
David Ford WD / Fabian Gomez IN
Tee Times: (link)
What They’re Saying
Moore leads at CJ; Koepka One Back (Yahoo))
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On This Day in Golf History
May 22, 1988 - Lanny Wadkins made a three-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Colonial National Invitational Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas by one stroke over Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Crenshaw and Joey Sindalar. Wadkins shot a five-under par (65) to win his 18th of 22 career PGA Tour titles. Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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