BYRON NELSON CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Irving, Texas.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: TPC Four Seasons Resort (7,166 yards, par 70).

Purse: $6.5 million. Winner’s share: $1.17 million.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, noon-3 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, noon-3 p.m.).

Last year: Keegan Bradley won his first PGA Tour title, parring the first hole of a playoff with Ryan Palmer. Bradley also won the PGA Championship in August.

Last week: Matt Kuchar won The Players Championship for his fourth PGA Tour title, closing with a 2-under 70 for a two-stroke victory over Rickie Fowler, Zach Johnson, Ben Curtis and Martin Laird.

Notes: Phil Mickelson, the 1996 winner, is making his 14th appearance in the event and first since 2007. He won at Pebble Beach in February for his 40th PGA Tour title and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame last week. … Kuchar is in the field. … Byron Nelson died in 2006 at 94. He won a record 11 consecutive events in 1945.