Jason Day tapped in for birdie at the 18th hole to polish off a 9-under 62 and win the AT&T Byron Nelson on Sunday in McKinney, Texas.
The former world No. 1 from Australia captured his first PGA Tour title in five years and eight days.
Day broke through a crowded pack atop the leaderboard with a nine-birdie, bogey-free performance in the final round at TPC Craig Ranch to finish 23-under 261 for the week. When Austin Eckroat failed to make an eagle at the last hole to match Day at 23 under, Day’s 13th career PGA Tour victory was secured.
Day will carry his stellar form into next week’s PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. Day’s only career major title came at the 2015 PGA.
Day finished one stroke ahead of Eckroat (final-round 65) and South Korea’s Si Woo Kim (63). C.T. Pan of Taiwan also shot a 62 and finished alone in fourth at 21 under.
Scottie Scheffler, the second-ranked player in the world and the hometown favorite in the Dallas area, rebounded from a middling third round by posting a bogey-free 65. He tied for fifth at 20 under with Tyrrell Hatton (64) of England and Zecheng Dou (67) of China.
–Field Level Media