South Korea’s Lee Kyoung-hoon stormed to his first PGA Tour victory at the Byron Nelson on Sunday, while Charl Schwartzel signed off in T3.
Lee produced an excellent Sunday showing at the TPC Craig Ranch by shooting a final-round six-under-par 66.
With overnight leader Sam Burns stagnating on the final hurdle, Lee jumped to the opportunity to move to the top of the leaderboard.
He rolled in five birdies on the front nine, adding to the bogey he made on 9, before going two under after the turn.
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It saw Lee move to 25 under par for the week where he bagged an impressive three-stroke victory at the end of the day with Burns settling in second place.
By doing so Lee secured the final spot of qualification for this week’s PGA Championship at the Ocean Course.
Sealing the win in style on 17.
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The American, though, struggled to get going in his final round on Sunday and had to be satisfied with a two-under-par 70 to conclude with.
Schwartzel on the other hand had an outside chance of making a challenge for top spot but a big final-round score would’ve been required for that.
Instead the 2011 Masters champion put in a valiant performance on Sunday – going four under for the day to sign off on 21-under-par and in T3.
Schwartzel ended his week alongside the American trio of Patton Kizzire, Daniel Berger and Scott Stallings.
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