MCKINNEY, Texas — Clay Duvall saw what the AT&T Byron Nelson can be last year, even with COVID-19 restrictions in place.
In the tournament’s first year at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, it welcomed a pandemic-limited 10,000 spectators per day. It raised $5.5 million for Momentous Institute, the tournament’s non-profit beneficiary, and according to Duvall, the players could “feel the energy” of the fans despite the reduced crowd size.
“Last year was great in our mind,” Duvall, the tournament’s volunteer chair said. “But you could just feel the energy, and how excited people were to be here on a limited capacity. And now that we’ve got a full capacity, we feel like the sky is the limit.”