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Final Leaderboard
Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
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) |
Scottie Scheffler (Won/-31)
Earns 14th PGA TOUR in his 139th start at the age of 28 years, 10 months, 13 days
72nd player in PGA TOUR history to reach 14 wins; moves to T65 on the all-time wins list
PGA TOUR wins (14): 2022 WM Phoenix Open, 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, 2022 Masters Tournament, 2023 WM Phoenix Open, 2023 PLAYERS Championship, 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, 2024 PLAYERS Championship, 2024 Masters Tournament, 2024 RBC Heritage, 2024 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, 2024 Travelers Championship, 2024 TOUR Championship, 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson
Matches 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-hole score by Scheffler: 258 (2024 Travelers Championship)
Eight-stroke margin is second-largest margin of victory in CJ CUP Byron Nelson history (10 strokes/Sam Snead/1957); largest margin of victory of the 2025 season on TOUR (previous: 7 strokes/Thomas Detry/WM Phoenix Open); last winning margin of eight or more strokes on TOUR: 11 strokes (Dustin Johnson/2020 FedEx St. Jude Championship); Scheffler’s previous largest margin of victory: 5 strokes (two times; 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, 2023 PLAYERS Championship)
First win of the 2025 season in his ninth start; first official victory since the 2024 TOUR Championship (won 2024 Hero World Challenge)
Fourth consecutive season with a win (four wins in 2022; two wins in 2023; seven wins in 2024; one win in 2025)
Dallas resident’s first win at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson in his sixth start; previous best finish: T5/2023
Second TOUR victory in his home state of Texas (2022 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play)
First wire-to-wire winner on TOUR since Lee Hodges (2023 3M Open)
Third wire-to-wire winner in CJ CUP Byron Nelson history (Mark Hayes/1976; Tom Watson/1980)
Reigning FedExCup champion earns 500 FedExCup points, moving from No. 4 to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings
Improves to 9-for-15 when leading/co-leading entering the final round in individual stroke-play events on TOUR; has converted each of his last five
Extends his streak as World No. 1 to 103 consecutive weeks (third-longest streak all-time); extends his World No. 1 total weeks to 138 (third-most all-time)
Led the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (16.972) and Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (12.811)
Lowest Score in a 72-Hole Event – PGA TOUR (since 1983)
Score | Player | Tournament |
253 | Scottie Scheffler | 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson |
253 | Ludvig Åberg | 2023 RSM Classic |
253 | Justin Thomas | 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii |
254 | Dustin Johnson | 2020 FedEx St. Jude Championship |
254 | Tommy Armour III | 2003 Valero Texas Open |
Largest Margin of Victory – THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson history
Year | Champion | Margin |
1957 | Sam Snead | 10 |
2025 | Scottie Scheffler | 8 |
1982 | Bob Gilder | 5 |
Miscellaneous Notes
Erik van Rooyen (2nd) closed with bogey-free 63, which included eagles on Nos. 9 and 14; best finish of the 2025 season in his 12th start (previous: T9/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches); ties his low 72-hole score in an individual stroke-play event on TOUR (261/previous instance: 2023 World Wide Technology Championship); earns a spot into next week’s Truist Championship via the Aon Swing 5
Sam Stevens (3rd) closes with 64 to post 20-under; earns a spot into next week’s Truist Championship via the Aon Swing 5; also played his way into a Signature Event earlier this season via the Aon Swing 5 (finished 2nd at the Farmers Insurance Open to earn a spot into the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am)
Dallas native and resident Jordan Spieth (4th) closed with bogey-free 9-under 62 for the low round of the day; his lowest 18-hole score on TOUR since the 2021 FedEx St. Jude Championship (R2/62); second top-five finish of the 2025 season (previous: T4/WM Phoenix Open)
Aon Next 10: The top 10 players in the FedExCup standings through THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson who are otherwise not exempt qualified for the Truist Championship via the Aon Next 10.
Aon Next 10:
Rank | Player | Position | Points |
1. | Andrew Novak | – | 1380.350 |
2. | Maverick McNealy | – | 1189.839 |
3. | J.J. Spaun | – | 1089.631 |
4. | Justin Rose | – | 1038 |
5. | Daniel Berger | – | 949.925 |
6. | Michael Kim | – | 921.918 |
7. | Nick Taylor | – | 871.089 |
8. | Ben Griffin | MC | 845.133 |
9. | Lucas Glover | – | 835.333 |
10. | Min Woo Lee | – | 764.431 |
Aon Swing 5: The top five FedExCup points earners from the Corales Puntacana Championship, Zurich Classic of New Orleans, and THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson earned spots in next week’s Truist Championship via the Aon Swing 5.
Aon Swing 5:
Rank | Player | Position | Points |
1. | Garrick Higgo | – | 300 |
2. | Erik van Rooyen | 2nd | 300 |
3. | Sam Stevens | 3rd | 199.25 |
4. | Michael Thorbjornsen | T33 | 188.333 |
5 | Rasmus Højgaard | 48th | 172 |