There's just one more PGA Tour event before the big PGA Championship next week, which means all the fun heads down to the Lone Star State for the AT&T Byron Nelson.
Plenty of attention will be on back-to-back event winner K.H. Lee, who aims to win the event at TPC Craig Ranch for a third time in a row. However, there are two more familiar faces that are early favorites to win the event.
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Not surprisingly, DraftKings has Dallas native and world No. 2 Scottie Scheffler listed as the favorite to win the AT&T Byron Nelson at 9-2 odds, with 6-5 odds of finishing in the top-5. Scheffler has been on break since the RBC Heritage and is in search of his third win on the season -- not to mention a chance at gaining ground against Jon Rahm in the official world golf ranking.
But Scheffler won't be the only Texan under the spotlight at this week's event. Jordan Spieth -- no doubt looking for redemption after missing the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship last weekend -- is the second favorite to win outright at 9-1 odds and is listed at 9-4 to finish top-5. Spieth is still in search of his first win on the season. Matt Fitzpatrick beat him by two strokes in a playoff at the RBC Heritage a couple of weeks ago.
Spieth is also, no doubt, looking to exact revenge on Lee, who beat him by one stroke at last year's AT&T Byron Nelson as a 100-1 long shot.
One bettor put $50 on K.H. Lee to win the AT&T Byron Nelson at +10000. The Payout? $5,050 pic.twitter.com/nztmaIDCXM
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Lee, by the way, is a 22-1 long shot to win a third consecutive AT&T Byron Nelson. Familiar PGA Tour pros with better odds ahead of the event include Jason Day (16-1) and Tom Kim (18-1).
The AT&T Byron Nelson tees off on Thursday, May 9.
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