Kevin Chappell, Taylor Pendrith and Kevin Yu will get us underway at at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas on Thursday morning.
Andy HallUpdate: May 2nd, 2024 06:07 EDT0
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The 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson gets underway at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas on Thursday. Jason Day will be attempting to retain the title he won for the first time in 2023 – his last PGA win on the professional circuit.
Speith, the favorite
With Rory McIlroy and world No.1 Scottie Scheffler both absent from the field, Jordan Spieth starts out as the favorite to lift the trophy in Texas. The 30-year-old, who won the Valero Texas Open in 2021 and RBC Heritage the following year, has been given odds of +1400 ahead of Si Woo Kim at +1600 while Day is just behind at +2000.
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Getting things underway will be Kevin Chappell, Taylor Pendrith and Kevin Yu. Day will tee off an hour later at 8:45 a.m. ET alongside Jordan Spieth and Sungjae Im.
Let’s take a look at the tee times for the first rounds on Thursday.
Tee 1
7:50 am: Kevin Chappell, Taylor Pendrith, Kevin Yu8:01 am: Cody Gribble, Sean O’Hair, Ben Griffin8:12 am: Wesley Bryan, Nick Watney, Josh Teater8:23 am: Matt Wallace, Kevin Kisner, Cameron Champ8:34 am: Vincent Norrman, Stewart Cink, Matt Kuchar8:45 am: Nico Echavarria, Chez Reavie, Keith Mitchell8:56 am: Nate Lashley, Aaron Baddeley, Matti Schmid9:07 am: Kevin Streelman, Brandon Wu, Robby Shelton9:18 am: Ben Martin, Chesson Hadley, Callum Tarren9:29 am: Zecheng Dou, Chris Gotterup, Raul Pereda9:40 am: Jimmy Stagner, Mac Meissner, Ryan McCormack9:51 am: Ryo Hisatsune, Rico Hoey, Jarred Jeter10:02 am: Austin Smotherman, Sami Valimaki, Brad Hopfinger1:00 pm: Jimmy Walker, Alex Smalley, Scott Gutschewski1:11 pm: Jhonattan Vegas, Beau Hossler, Dylan Wu1:22 pm: Hayden Buckley, Justin Suh, Harry Hall1:33 pm: Jake Knapp, Luke List, Adam Schenk1:44 pm: Stephan Jaeger, Nick Dunlap, Byeong Hun An1:55 pm: Si Woo Kim, K.H. Lee, Adam Scott2:06 pm: Kevin Tway, Thomas Detry, Min Woo Lee2:17 pm: Troy Merritt, Vince Whaley, Andrew Novak2:28 pm: S.H. Kim, Carl Yuan, Tyson Alexander2:39 pm: Ryan Fox, Hayden Springer, Adrien Dumont de Chassart2:50 pm: Rafael Campos, Alejandro Tosti, Pierceson Coody3:01 pm: Erik Barnes, Jorge Campillo, Taiga Semikawa3:12 pm: David Skinns, Parker Coody, Quade Cummins
Tee 10
7:50 am: Michael Kim, Alex Noren, Justin Lower8:01 am: C.T. Pan, Martin Trainer, Greyson Sigg8:12 am: Ryan Palmer, Patton Kizzire, Ben Taylor8:23 am: Brice Garnett, Tom Hoge, Daniel Berger8:34 am: Camilo Villegas, Tom Kim, Mackenzie Hughes8:45 am: Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Sungjae Im8:56 am: Mark Hubbard, Matt NeSmith, Doug Ghim9:07 am: James Hahn, Zac Blair, Taylor Montgomery9:18 am: Maverick McNealy, Joseph Bramlett, Ben Kohles9:29 am: Robert MacIntyre, Trace Crowe, Patrick Fishburn9:40 am: Jacob Bridgeman, Blaine Hale, Jr., Max McGreevy9:51 am: Thorbjorn Oleson, WIlson Furr, Peter Kuest10:02 am: Max Greyserman, Norman Xiong, Kris Kim1:00 pm: Richy Werenski, Roger Sloan, Carson Young1:11 pm: Garrick Higgo, Lanto Griffin, Davis Thompson1:22 pm: Sung Kang, David Lipsky, Sam Stevens1:33 pm: Seamus Power, Ryan Brehm, Joel Dahmen1:44 pm: Nick Hardy, J.J. Spaun, Brandt Snedeker1:55 pm: Davis Riley, Chad Ramey, Zach Johnson2:06 pm: Bud Cauley, Kelly Kraft, Bronson Burgoon2:17 pm: Martin Laird, Austin Cook, Ryan Moore2:28 pm: Sam Ryder, Henrik Norlander, Aaron Rai2:39 pm: Chan Kim, Harrison Endycott, Joe Highsmith2:50 pm: Nicholas Lindheim, Chandler Phillips, Alexander Bjork3:01 pm: Ben SIlverman, Kevin Dougherty, David Nyfjall3:12 pm: Paul Barjon, Tom Whitney, KK Limbhasu
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The 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson gets underway Thursday 2 May with coverage starting at 7:45 a.m. and runs to Sunday 5 May at TPC Craig Ranch, a 7,414-yard par-71 track featuring Bentgrass greens in McKinney, Texas. The top 65 and ties through 36 holes will make the cut.