Like Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson. In the United States, Kyoung-Hoon Lee won, for the second consecutive year and with a total of 262 (64 68 67 63, -26) strokes, the AT&T Byron Nelson emulating what three golf greats did in the past.
In McKinney, Texas, the South Korean – at the 107th start on the PGA Tour – celebrated his second career success on the circuit by overtaking the American Jordan Spieth, second with 263 (-25) ahead of the Japanese Hideki Matsuyama and the Colombian Sebastian Munoz, both third with 264 (-24).
Kyoung-Hoon, AT&T Byron Nelson
On the route of the TPC Craig Ranch (par 72), a nice finish by Francesco Molinari who climbs up thirty positions and closes 17 / o with 270 (69 70 67 64, -18), after a last round characterized by a partial of 64 (-8 ), with nine birdies and a bogey.
For the blue this is the second best result of 2022 after the sixth place at The American Express. Slightly better than him did the American Scottie Scheffler (world number 1), 15 / o with 269 (-19). Great show in Texas in the last round where the Australian Marc Leishman and Justin Lower made a “hole in one” each.
But it was Kyoung-Hoon Lee who took the stage. The 30-year-old from Seoul, with a 63 (-9) finish, the result of an eagle and seven birdies, moved up from sixth position and took the whole stakes. For him not only the title but also a check for $ 1,638,000 against a total prize pool of 9,100,000.
But also the satisfaction of having become the first golfer since 1980 (Tom Watson, who also made him the tournament in 1975, 1978 and 1979) to have consecutively won the AT&T Byron Nelson. Thanks to this statement, the South Korean jumped from 88th to 41st position in the world ranking.
And now the great golf is preparing to return to the protagonist with the PGA Championship, the second men’s Major of 2022 which in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will see many of the best players in the world competing. And the return, after the parenthesis of The Masters, of Tiger Woods.
Lee Kyoung-hoon, also known as K. H. Lee, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2021 and 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson.
