HP Byron Nelson Championship
May 28th – 31st, 2015
TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas
Irving, Texas
Par: 70 / Yardage:
Purse: $7.1 million.1 million
with $1,278,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Brendon Todd

This week’s field includes:
The field includes 13 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings, with two players from the top-ten and #2 Jordan Spieth and #10 Dustin Johnson. The other top 50 players are #12 Jimmy Walker, #18 Matt Kuchar, #23 Brooks Koepka, #25 Zach Johnson, #29 Ryan Palmer, #31 Louis Oosthuizen, #32 Brandt Snedeker, #33 Hunter Mahan, #41 Keegan Bradley, #42 Charl Schwartzel and #49 Brendon Todd.
(Note- Jason Day and Ian Poulter pulled out of event on Wednesday.
The field includes 8 of the top 25 on the FedEx point standings for 2015. Those players are #1 Jordan Spieth, #2 Jimmy Walker, #7 Charley Hoffman, #8 Dustin Johnson, #9 Brandt Snedeker, #19 Sangmoon Bae, #20 Gary Woodland and #24 Brooks Koepka.
The field includes 7 players in the top 25 on this year’s PGA Tour money list. Those players are #1 Jordan Spieth, #3 Jimmy Walker, #4 Dustin Johnson, #8 Brandt Snedeker, #10 Charley Hoffman, #15 Gary Woodland and #23 Sangmoon Bae.
The field includes eight past champions: Brendon Todd (2014), Sang-Moon Bae (2013), Jason Dufner (2012), Keegan Bradley (2011), Rory Sabbatini (2009), Scott Verplank (2007), Vijay Singh (2003) and Neal Lancaster (1994).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the AT&T Byron Nelson field is our performance chart listed by average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the AT&T Byron Nelson in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the AT&T Byron Nelson.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker North America, Bovada. They give winning odds plus top-five and first round leader odds.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
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Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship
Player | Colonial | BMW PGA | Wells Fargo | Open de Espana | The Players | Mauritius Open | Cadillac Match Play | Zurich Classic | Shenzhen Intern. | RBC Heritage | Volvo China | Masters | Shell Houston |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordan Spieth (265.33 pts) |
T2 (100) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | T17 (33) |
DNP | DNP | T11 (26) |
DNP | Win (88) |
T2 (33.33) |
Ian Poulter (177.33 pts) |
T5 (70) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 (30) |
DNP | T34 (16) |
DNP | DNP | T18 (21.33) |
DNP | T6 (40) |
DNP |
George McNeill (170.83 pts) |
T5 (70) |
DNP | T28 (22) |
DNP | T17 (49.5) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (25.33) |
DNP | T44 (4) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Gary Woodland (158.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (80) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | 2 (100) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP |
Charley Hoffman (146 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 (30) |
DNP | T17 (33) |
DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
T11 (13) |
Justin Thomas (145.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T7 (55) |
DNP | T24 (39) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (25.33) |
DNP | T11 (26) |
DNP | DNP | T50 (0.33) |
Zach Johnson (142.83 pts) |
T19 (31) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T13 (55.5) |
DNP | T17 (33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP |
John Senden (136.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T8 (75) |
DNP | T5 (70) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T38 (8) |
DNP |
Jerry Kelly (126.17 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (49.5) |
DNP | DNP | T22 (18.67) |
DNP | T18 (21.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Marc Leishman (121.67 pts) |
T27 (23) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T24 (39) |
DNP | T9 (45) |
T28 (14.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Louis Oosthuizen (109 pts) |
WD (-5) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T69 (0) |
DNP | T5 (70) |
DNP | DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | T19 (20.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Jim Herman (107.33 pts) |
T33 (17) |
DNP | T13 (37) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T57 (0) |
Rory Sabbatini (106.67 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T6 (90) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Scott Brown (106.33 pts) |
T33 (17) |
DNP | T13 (37) |
DNP | T30 (30) |
DNP | DNP | T36 (9.33) |
DNP | T37 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP | T37 (4.33) |
Geoff Ogilvy (102.33 pts) |
T43 (7) |
DNP | T7 (55) |
DNP | T24 (39) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 48 (1.33) |
DNP |
Patrick Rodgers (100 pts) |
T74 (0) |
DNP | T2 (100) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Brian Harman (99 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T8 (75) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T44 (4) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Boo Weekley (96 pts) |
T33 (17) |
DNP | T16 (34) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | 3 (60) |
DNP | T75 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Russell Henley (94.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T24 (39) |
DNP | T34 (16) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 21 (19.33) |
4 (26.67) |
Brandt Snedeker (94.33 pts) |
T2 (100) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | T52 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T26 (16) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP |
Dustin Johnson (77.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T69 (0) |
DNP | T17 (33) |
T43 (4.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T6 (40) |
DNP |
Danny Lee (77.33 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | T13 (37) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | T22 (18.67) |
DNP | T60 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Hunter Mahan (71.33 pts) |
T53 (0) |
DNP | T47 (3) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | T9 (45) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (30) |
T25 (8.33) |
Erik Compton (62.33 pts) |
T33 (17) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T30 (30) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (25.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 51 (0) |
T55 (0) |
Morgan Hoffmann (61 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T28 (22) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | T36 (9.33) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | T28 (14.67) |
DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship
Player | Colonial | BMW PGA | Wells Fargo | Open de Espana | The Players | Mauritius Open | Cadillac Match Play | Zurich Classic | Shenzhen Intern. | RBC Heritage | Volvo China | Masters | Shell Houston |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Svoboda (-51.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Mike Weir (-40 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP |
Ken Duke (-36.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Nicholas Thompson (-36.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Robert Garrigus (-36.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | WD (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | WD (-1.67) |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (-35.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T42 (2.67) |
Brian Davis (-35.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | T36 (9.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Aaron Baddeley (-35 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T55 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T66 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Tim Wilkinson (-33.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | T48 (1.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Andres Romero (-31.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | 71 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-15) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship
Best Bets:
Marc Leishman
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
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T3 | T12 | T3 | CUT | T12 | T8 |
Yes he has one victory, but he hasn’t played well of late and has played well here, so he is my top-choice.
Dustin Johnson
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T7 | T20 | T7 | T4 | T63 |
Hasn’t played well since the Masters so he does fill one of the trends of past winners. He should be able to overpower the field on this course so watch him.
Ian Poulter – Sorry but he has withdrawn on Wednesday
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T35 | T3 |
Yes he has won on the PGA Tour, but he qualifies as a non-winner because he still is looking for that first stroke play win in America. The guy hits a good amount of fairways (ranked 57th in 2015) and greens (ranked 38th). Only thing that doesn’t fit the mold of other Nelson winners he is playing good right now.
Best of the rest:
Jordan Spieth
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T37 | T68 | T32 | T16 |
Played better last week than I thought, still think he will be in contention but won’t win. Greens are tough for him, if he doesn’t putt great he can’t win.
Graham DeLaet
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T7 | T10 | T41 | CUT |
Pair of top-tens the last two years, hard to believe that he still hasn’t won yet.
Charl Schwartzel
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T11 | 3 |
Was T11th last year and 3rd in 2013, he started playing well at the beginning of the year but has only had one top-25 since January.
Brendon de Jonge
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T29 | CUT | CUT | T51 |
Fits the mold of the other first time winners, he is straight off the tee and hits lot’s of greens
Keegan Bradley
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T29 | 2 | T24 | Win |
Looking to regain his game, this course is good for his game as he hits lots of greens, plus he is a past champion.
Solid contenders
Jimmy Walker
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T37 | T27 | T29 | CUT | T53 | T23 | T35 | T73 |
Has struggled with his game since winning the Texas Open two months ago. Hasn’t played well at Las Colinas but there is a first time for everything.
Charles Howell III
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T3 | T17 | T41 | T20 | T45 | CUT | T34 | CUT | T60 |
Seems to win once every five or six years so he is way overdue. Played well last year could carry over to this year.
Morgan Hoffmann
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T16 | T5 |
He does hit it all over the lot and doesn’t hit many greens, but if he is putting well he could win his first this week.
Zach Johnson
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T41 |
Hasn’t played in this event since missing the cut in 2005, course should be right up his alley, I would watch him.
Long shots that could come through:
Justin Thomas
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
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Has never played this event but is one of those guys that can win, only a matter of time.
John Huh
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T16 | T8 | WD |
One of those players that could get it together on a course like this and win.
Scott Piercy
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T5 | T15 | 26 | CUT |
Has struggled since finishing T-10th in Houston. Another of those guys that could come through this week.
Day, Woodland, Kuch???? Studs on a course where they’ve had success. I like Woodland a lot this week.
Studs tend to be duds at this event the last couple of years. Seems that this event is about guys that haven’t won before, four of the five were first time winners and Jason Dufner the fifth had one just once.
Seems that the Matt Kuchar’s, Dustin Johnson’s and Jason Day’s of the world have trouble with TPC Four Seasons.
The course is terrible and very made up, maybe that is the reasons so many marquee players don’t attend this week. Sorry to say I think that the Justin Thomas of the world have a better shot than Gary Woodland.
You all see that Jason Day and Ian Poulter withdrew