Lee holds off Spieth for second straight PGA Byron Nelson crown

Lee Kyoung-hoon fired a career-low nine-under par 63 on Sunday to win the PGA Tour Byron Nelson tournament for a second straight year at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas.

South Koreas Lee, who won his first US tour title at the tournament in suburban Dallas last year, made his second victory a successful defense as he erased a four-shot overnight deficit to build a 26-underpar total of 262 and beat three-time major winner Jordan Spieth by one stroke.

"Feels like a dream again, like last year," said Lee, who was greeted at the 18th green by his wife, Yu Joo-yeon and their baby daughter Celine, who was born weeks after Lee won last year. "It's an amazing feeling."

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On a windy day north of Dallas, Lee got going early with a 51-foot birdie putt at the second hole.

After a seven-foot birdie at the third he blasted out of a greenside bunker to two feet for birdie at the fifth, then added birdies at six and nine before sticking his approach at the par-five 12th within five feet for an eagle that put him atop the leaderboard.

He added a 14-foot birdie at the 13th, then sealed the victory with a birdie at the par-five 18th - where his 25-foot eagle putt stopped an inch from the cup.

Lee powered past overnight leader Sebastian Munoz, who began the day at 21-under and one shot in front of Spieth.

Both got off to a slow start with bogeys at the first. Spieth went on to post eight birdies with three bogeys in his five-under 67 while Munoz had four birdies in a 69 that left him tied for third on 264 alongside former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, who charged up the leaderboard with a 10-under-par 62.

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