Billy Horschel
Billy Horschel

AT&T Byron Nelson: Billy Horschel wins play-off


Billy Horschel won a play-off for the AT&T Byron Nelson after Jason Day missed a short par putt on the first extra hole.

Final leaderboard


-12 *Billy Horschel, Jason Day (*won play-off)

-11 James Hahn

-10 Jason Kokrak

-8 Danny Lee, Sean O'Hair, Byeong-hun An, Bud Cauley

Scroll down for full collated scores

Day four report


Billy Horschel won a play-off for the AT&T Byron Nelson after Jason Day missed a short par putt on the first extra hole.

Both men had finished at 12-under, but it was Horschel who collected his fourth PGA Tour title - and first since 2014 - when his opponent pulled his attempt from four feet.

James Hahn, who came within inches of joining the pair at 12-under when his wedge approach to the final hole of regulation play lipped out, finished alone in third.

Halfway leader Jason Kokrak took fourth ahead of a four-way tie for fifth, which included our 66/1 tip Byeong-hun An and the in-form Bud Cauley.

From an early stage in the final round it became clear that the final three-ball would produce the winner, and it was Hahn who went two clear early in the back nine.

Bogeys at 12, 13 and 14 derailed his challenge, and it was at the latter that Horschel holed from almost 60 feet for a birdie to draw level with Day.

The Australian responded in perfect fashion, chipping in from off the green at the difficult 15th to retake the lead, but he could not match Horschel's birdie at the par-five 16th.

Both men closed with a pair of pars to set up a play-off, but Day was unable to keep the sequence going as he three-putted from distance after Horschel had missed a 12-foot putt for the title.

"I was a little shaky out there with the putter," Horschel told Sky Sports.

"I was real calm (early), I got on the course and usually I'm a little nervous the first few holes.

"Then I birdied six and I got nervous again. I said you know what, this is just the challenge now.

"Three-putted number 12, three-putted number 13, but making that long bomb on 14 was a big turning point."

Horschel maintained that he didn't have his A-game in the final round, but took inspiration from his caddie, who one week earlier had predicted that they would win the Byron Nelson having missed the cut at Sawgrass.

"I think we (Horschel and Day) both grinded it out," he added. 

"We both battled, but this is what I know about myself: I am as good as the other top players in the world."

Horschel's victory - his first since a sensational FedEx Cup double in 2014 - gains him entry into the US Open, after he missed his first major since 2013 having failed to qualify for the Masters.

Day was bidding to win the Byron Nelson for a second time, having broken through in the event in 2010, but it is Horschel who will be the last champion at TPC Four Seasons, with the event switching venue in 2018.

Final collated scores

(USA unless stated, par 70):


268 Billy Horschel 68 65 66 69 (Horschel won play-off hole at first hole), Jason Day (Aus) 68 69 63 68

269 James Hahn 64 70 64 71

270 Jason Kokrak 66 62 72 70

272 Bud Cauley 67 67 68 70, Sean O'Hair 67 69 68 68, Byeong-Hun An (Kor) 68 66 69 69, Danny Lee (Nzl) 70 70 64 68

273 Joel Dahmen 68 70 68 67, Matt Kuchar 66 71 67 69, Nick Taylor (Can) 69 73 66 65, Cameron Tringale 66 68 67 72

274 Tony Finau 75 65 65 69, Dustin Johnson 67 67 71 69, Chad Campbell 68 67 68 71, Jason Dufner 69 68 65 72, Marc Leishman (Aus) 68 71 68 67

275 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 70 66 70, Jamie Lovemark 72 66 68 69

276 Scott Stallings 72 66 66 72, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 65 64 74, Kyle Reifers 69 69 66 72, Sung Kang (Kor) 69 68 69 70, Scott Piercy 68 69 66 73, Kevin Tway 71 70 64 71, Patrick Reed 70 69 69 68

277 Ryan Palmer 71 68 68 70, Keegan Bradley 74 67 68 68, Willy Wilcox 70 67 70 70, J.J. Henry 68 69 69 71, Grayson Murray 72 63 68 74, Morgan Hoffmann (USA) 69 66 72 70, Ryan Armour 67 69 69 72, Patrick Rodgers 72 70 69 66

278 Scott Brown 71 67 65 75, Ernie Els (Rsa) 69 71 70 68, Ian Poulter (Eng) 70 71 68 69, Smylie Kaufman 71 67 71 69, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 66 68 75 69

279 Nick Watney 73 67 70 69, Charley Hoffman 72 69 66 72, Gary Woodland 70 68 68 73, Michael Putnam 71 68 69 71, Boo Weekley 73 65 71 70, Michael Kim 68 71 69 71, John Huh 67 72 68 72, Daniel Summerhays 70 71 70 68, Zac Blair 69 68 72 70, Jason Bohn 68 70 70 71

280 Brooks Koepka 67 69 70 74, Billy Hurley III 69 71 71 69, Brian Gay 72 70 67 71, Sebastian Munoz (Col) 69 69 71 71, Dominic Bozzelli 70 70 72 68

281 Ollie Schniederjans 72 70 68 71, Tom Hoge 72 70 69 70

282 Brett Stegmaier 69 72 71 70, Seamus Power (Irl) 69 69 72 72

283 Ricky Barnes 64 75 72 72, Rod Pampling (Aus) 69 67 72 75

284 Peter Malnati 67 68 75 74, Beau Hossler 70 68 71 75, Greg Owen (Eng) 69 70 71 74, Ryan Brehm 73 68 72 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 73 69 72 70

285 Spencer Levin 71 71 73 70, Ken Duke 70 69 70 76, Nicholas Lindheim 70 70 71 74, Alex Moon 74 66 72 73

287 Bob Estes 71 68 71 77, Brendon Todd 70 71 71 75

288 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 71 74 75

291 D.A. Points 69 72 74 76

293 J.J. Spaun 73 69 74 77

Day three report


James Hahn is in pole position to win a third PGA Tour title as he leads the AT&T Byron Nelson following a collapse by Jason Kokrak.

Hahn struck six birdies in his six-under-par 64 to sit at the top of the leaderboard on 12 under going into the final round.

Kokrak will be kicking himself after he blew a five-shot overnight lead. The American put himself in line for a first tour win with a career-best round of 62 on Friday but he went round in 10 more shots on day three, thanks in part to a triple-bogey six at the par-three fifth.

He is still in contention on Sunday, though, two shots behind Hahn and one behind second-placed Billy Horschel.

Jason Day struck the round of the day as his 63, consisting of eight birdies and a bogey, saw him surge up the leaderboard and join Kokrak on 10 under.

Defending champion Sergio Garcia will still harbour hopes of retaining his title after a 64 moved him up to eight under, but world number one Dustin Johnson looks out of contention after his one-over-par 71 saw him drift to seven shots off the lead.


Day two report


American Jason Kokrak put himself in a great position to win a first PGA Tour title at the AT&T Byron Nelson as Jordan Spieth had a day to forget.

Kokrak fired a stunning 62, just two shots more than the course record, to move five clear in the lead on 12 under at the halfway point at TPC Four Seasons.

The 31-year-old sank eight birdies in his blemish-free round and he will now aim to complete the job over the weekend and get his first taste of success on the tour.

One man who will not be around for the weekend, though, is Spieth after he missed the cut following a bogey-laden 75.

It was on the par-five 16th where the real damage was done as he had to take three tee shots on his way to a nine after sending his first two attempts out of bounds.

Kokrak, who has not finished in the top 10 of an event this year, is being hunted down by Billy Horschel, who is five shots back on seven under.

World number one Dustin Johnson is one of six men on six under after a three-under-par 67 and he will hope to be in contention come Sunday night.

Reigning champion and recent Masters winner Sergio Garcia is 10 shots off the lead after a superb round of 65, recovering from what was a poor first round.

The following players missed the halfway cut:

143 Seung-Yul Noh (Kor) 71 72, Matt Jones (Aus) 73 70, Xander Schauffele (USA) 71 72, Brandon Hagy (USA) 75 68, Kelly Kraft (USA) 71 72, Harris English (USA) 72 71, Rick Lamb (USA) 71 72, Chez Reavie (USA) 73 70, Hunter Mahan (USA) 75 68, Cameron Percy (Aus) 73 70, Whee Kim (Kor) 73 70, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 75 68, Bryson De Chambeau (USA) 72 71, Jordan Spieth (USA) 68 75

144 Brian Stuard (USA) 71 73, Steven Alker (Nzl) 75 69, Robby Shelton (USA) 74 70, Mark Hubbard (USA) 72 72, Tag Ridings (USA) 75 69, Cody Gribble (USA) 76 68, Richy Werenski (USA) 74 70, Bryce Molder (USA) 74 70, Sam Saunders (USA) 72 72, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 74 70, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 75 69, J.B. Holmes (USA) 76 68, Chad Collins (USA) 71 73, Freddie Jacobson (Swe) 74 70, Cheng-Tsung Pan (Chn) 71 73, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 73 71, Jonathan Randolph (USA) 72 72

145 Sean Kelly (USA) 74 71, Chris Stroud (USA) 76 69, Zack Sucher (USA) 70 75, Matt Every (USA) 72 73, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 73 72, John Peterson (USA) 72 73, Steve Wheatcroft (USA) 71 74, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 73 72, Julian Etulain (Arg) 73 72, Brandt Snedeker (USA) 72 73

146 Kramer Hickok (USA) 76 70, Graham De Laet (Can) 73 73, Bobby Gates (USA) 73 73, Charlie Beljan (USA) 72 74, Robert Streb (USA) 72 74, Miguel Angel Carballo (Arg) 76 70, Ryan Blaum (USA) 72 74, Russell Henley (USA) 76 70, Ryan Moore (USA) 74 72, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 74 72

147 Andres Gonzales (USA) 77 70, Martin Flores (USA) 73 74, Stuart Deane (USA) 70 77, Michael Thompson (USA) 74 73, Ben Crane (USA) 77 70, Brett Drewitt (Aus) 72 75, Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa) 72 75, Shane Bertsch (USA) 75 72, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 76 71

148 Brad Fritsch (Can) 77 71, Bobby Wyatt (USA) 75 73, Austin Smotherman (USA) 79 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 71 77, Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 75 73

149 Will MacKenzie (USA) 73 76, Robert Garrigus (USA) 76 73, Mark Anderson (USA) 78 71

150 JT Poston (USA) 78 72, Ben Polland (USA) 75 75, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 75 75, Hudson Swafford (USA) 81 69, Brian Campbell (USA) 78 72, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 80 70

151 Trey Mullinax (USA) 76 75

152 Max Homa (USA) 76 76

153 John Merrick (USA) 76 77

155 Tyler Aldridge (USA) 77 78

157 Andrew Loupe (USA) 84 73

158 Paul Earnest (USA) 79 79

Day one report


World number one Dustin Johnson sits three shots off the lead following the opening round of the AT&T Byron Nelson in Texas.

The American, who is stepping up his recovery from the back problem which ruled him out of last month's Masters, carded 67 at the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Dallas to finish the day three under par.

The competition is his third since the injury after he finished tied for second at the Wells Fargo Championship and was joint-12th in last week's Players Championship.

Johnson's compatriots James Hahn and  Ricky Barnes hold the joint overnight lead on six under, while Matt Kuchar, Jason Kokrak, Cameron Tringale and Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas are all two strokes off the pace. Jordan Speith is a shot behind Johnson on two under.

Defending champion Sergio Garcia, who also won the tournament in 2004, has plenty of work to do after he hit three bogeys during a first-round 73 which leaves him three over, though Ian Poulter is on even par.


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