PGA Tour: Ok.H Lee holds off Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama to defend AT&T Byron Nelson title | Golf Information

Lee completed one forward of Spieth and turns into simply the fourth back-to-back winner in event historical past; Hideki Matsuyama, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas all submit top-five finishes forward of the PGA Championship

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A glance again at one of the best of the motion from a low-scoring closing day on the AT&T Byron Nelson, that includes holes-in-one, spectacular eagles and rather more.

Ok.H Lee ended a torrid run of kind by overcoming a star-studded leaderboard and finishing an unlikely title defence on the AT&T Byron Nelson in Texas.

The world No 88, who got here into the occasion with only one worldwide top-10 since his breakthrough PGA Tour win in final 12 months’s contest, overcame a four-stroke deficit throughout a low-scoring closing day at TPC Craig Ranch to say a formidable victory.

Lee carded a bogey-free 63 to finish the week on 26 below, breaking the event document he set 12 months earlier, with the victory seeing him change into the primary participant since Tom Watson in 1980 to say successive AT&T Byron Nelson titles.

Ok.H Lee loved a profitable title defence on the AT&T Byron Nelson

“It [winning] feels superb,” Lee advised Sky Sports activities. “I’ve struggled with my recreation the previous couple of months and I’ve had no top-10s this 12 months, however after I’m right here I am extra snug and extra assured. I’ve tried my finest and possibly being right here has helped me.”

House favorite Jordan Spieth completed a shot off the tempo regardless of a five-under 67, whereas a final-round 62 jumped Hideki Matsuyama right into a share of third alongside in a single day chief Sebastian Munoz.

Jordan Spieth narrowly missed out on a second successive PGA Tour victory, having gained the RBC Heritage final month

Lee drained a 50-footer on the second for the primary of 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch, with the Korean including one other on the par-five ninth to see him attain the flip in 31.

An unbelievable strategy from the center of the twelfth fairway arrange a close-range eagle and a 15-foot birdie on the subsequent moved him to eight below for the spherical, earlier than he squandered the chance to increase his benefit when he three-putted from 40 toes to par the driveable 14th gap.

Lee holed clutch putts on the sixteenth and Seventeenth to remain forward of Spieth and the chasing again heading to the par-five final, the place a two-putt birdie from 25 toes set a clubhouse goal that could not be matched.

Spieth had made an erratic begin with bogeys both aspect of an eight-foot birdie on the second however then made 4 birdies in 5 holes from the fifth, just for the three-time main champion to register a three-putt bogey from inside eight toes on the par-four tenth.

The previous world No 1, who may full the profession Grand Slam on the PGA Championship subsequent week picked up pictures on the twelfth and 14th earlier than responding to a missed birdie alternative on the Seventeenth to make the most of the par-five final.

Justin Thomas claimed a share of fifth alongside Ryan Palmer and Xander Schauffele, who carded a round-of-the-day 61, with 14 gamers ending 20 below or higher throughout a birdie-filled contest.

Eire’s Seamus Energy heads to the PGA Championship off the again of a tied-Seventeenth end, whereas England’s midway co-leader David Skinns led to a share of thirty eighth after rounds of 74 and 70 over the weekend

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