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Third Round Coverage of the 2026 CJ Cup | Byron Nelson
McKINNEY, TEXAS - Si Woo Kim (1st/-18) made his sixth start at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, and the South Korean native and Dallas resident followed his first-round 64 with an 11-under 60. That included a final-hole bogey while attempting to become the 15th player to shoot sub-60 on the PGA TOUR.
Si Woo Kim holds the lead/co-lead for the fourth time in individual stroke-play events on TOUR and is 1-for-3 in converting to date with a win at the 2016 Wyndham Championship/Won. In the others: 2019 Valero Texas Open/T4, 2020 Wyndham Championship/T3.
Kim’s Friday outing was his low round on TOUR (R2/2016 Wyndham Championship/Won) and joins Blades Brown (R2/Nicklaus Tournament Course) and Andrew Putnam (R2/La Quinta CC), who both shot 60 at The American Express, with the lowest round on TOUR this season.
CJ ambassador Sungjae Im (T2/-13) carded a 10-under 61, his low round on TOUR (752 rounds). He played his final three holes in 4-under, including an ace at No. 7, holing a 5-iron from 224 yards. It was his third hole-in-one on TOUR (2019 Greenbrier Classic, 2019 PLAYERS Championship). Im is the first player to make an eagle on both a par-3 and a par-5 hole in the same round on TOUR since Mark Hubbard (2025 Corales Puntacana Championship/R1).
Worthy of note: The 25-year-old PGA TOUR rookie Kensei Hirata (T2/-13) followed an opening-round 64 with a bogey-free 65 for a 13-under (129) total. His best 36-hole total on TOUR. He’s a six-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour, including four victories in 2024.
They missed the cut: With Si Woo Kim’s score of 60, the cutline dropped to a respectable (-6) and the following noteable names missed the cut: Michael Thorbjornsen; Billy Horschel; Matti Schmid; K.H. Lee; Nick Dunlap; Matt Kuchar.
CJ Cup | Leaderboard After 36 Holes
1 Si Woo Kim 64 60 124 (-18)
T2 Sungjae Im 68 61 129 (-13)
T2 Kensei Hirata 64 65 129 (-13)
T2 Scottie Scheffler 66 63 129 (-13)
T2 Wyndham Clark 66 63 129 (-13)
T2 Jackson Suber 68 61 129 (-13)
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
Saturday, May 23, 2026 - All Times Eastern
8:00am to 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm to 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio online and on Sirius XM Radio
1:00pm to 3:00pm - Golf Channel and Peacock Network Streaming
3:00pm to 6:00pm - CBS and Paramount+
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CJ CUP Byron Nelson | The Basics
CJ Cup/Byron Nelson Tee Times today began at 10:44am and go to 12:45pm (EDT).
Weather: Mostly sunny with temperatures rising from 68-to-81 degrees by midday. A 15% chance of rain in morning is reduced to 3% in afternoon. Relative humidity drops from 93% to 61% by 2:00pm (local). Sunday forecast: A 24% chance of rain.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 10:00am (EDT) on Sunday.
THE CJ CUP | Leaderboard and Tee Times
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What They’re Saying
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On This Day in Golf History
May 23, 2010 - Twenty-two year old Jason Day became the youngest Australian to win a PGA Tour event when he won the Byron Nelson Golf Classic by two strokes. - 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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