{"id":289142,"date":"2025-10-09T11:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/289142\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:42:15","slug":"mckinney-approves-agreement-to-host-cj-cup-byron-nelson-golf-tournament-through-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/289142\/","title":{"rendered":"McKinney approves agreement to host CJ Cup Byron Nelson golf tournament through 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City Council of McKinney voted Monday to extend an agreement to host the CJ Cup Byron Nelson<\/a> through 2030, securing the tournament\u2019s presence at TPC Craig Ranch golf club in Collin County. <\/p>\n

The PGA Tour event<\/a>, held annually in May, first came to TPC Craig Ranch in 2021. Local leaders hope to turn the event into an economic asset. <\/p>\n

The PGA announced earlier this year it would continue hosting the Byron Nelson in McKinney for the next five years.<\/p>\n

McKinney will enter the extended agreement with the Salesmanship Club Charitable Golf Club of Dallas, which hosts the tourney.<\/p>\n

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The agreement has an optional three-year extension that could keep the tournament in McKinney<\/a> through 2033, according to Assistant City Manager Steve Tilton.<\/p>\n

The cup has provided \u201cboth economic and recreational value to the City of McKinney,\u201d according to city documents. <\/p>\n

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Phase two of a $22.5 million reinvestment project<\/a> at TPC Craig Ranch began this summer. Work is scheduled to be completed before next year\u2019s tournament. <\/p>\n

The McKinney Community Development Corporation voted earlier this year to award a $1.5 million grant to Invited, TPC Craig Ranch\u2019s owner, to address erosion at the golf club. <\/p>\n

This summer, the corporation also agreed to a $10.25 million loan and $25 million grant for JW Marriott Resort McKinney Craig Ranch<\/a>, a luxury resort<\/a> planned near TPC Craig Ranch.<\/p>\n

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Craig Ranch founder David Craig worked for more than a decade to bring the tournament to Collin County, according to previous reporting<\/a>. The tournament also has been played at Preston Trail, TPC Las Colinas and Trinity Forest.<\/p>\n

This year, Dallasite Scottie Scheffler<\/a> won the cup in McKinney. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor McKinney, it\u2019s really a source of pride to be able to host this tournament. It\u2019s big time,\u201d council member Patrick Cloutier said. \u201cWe view it as a great opportunity to promote McKinney, and [as] a good economic tool for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the Nelson, McKinney has hosted the NCAA\u2019s Division II national football title game<\/a> since 2018. The city is also expanding its airport with commercial service<\/a>, partnering to bring a 20,000-seat amphitheater<\/a> to McKinney and pursuing an agreement for a surf park<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City Council of McKinney voted Monday to extend an agreement to host the CJ Cup Byron Nelson…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":289143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[7583,1430,13363,50,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-289142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-collin-county","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-mckinney","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115344031640493856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}