The 2025 The CJ Cup Byron Nelson is the 11th PGA Tour event of the calendar year to offer a Monday qualifier.
The Dallas-area tournament is an open event and allocates four spots in the 156-player tournament field to players who earn their way in through a Monday qualifier. The tournament, which features a $9.9 million purse, is played Thursday through Sunday.
Monday qualifiers are tournaments held on Mondays (although a rare few are not), and they feature a field of typically around 80 players that are looking to get into that week's PGA Tour event. The tournaments are 18-hole affairs typically put on by the local PGA of America section nearest to the tournament host. Eligibility is not limited to professionals, as amateurs with a USGA handicap index under 2.0 may play as well.
For the 2025 The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, the Southern Texas section of the PGA of America presents the tournament. The Monday qualifier is played April 28, 2025, at Waterchase Golf Club in Ft. Worth, Texas, and the field of 75 players was finalized on April 25.
Before the Monday qualifier, there were pre-qualifiers, which is common. This tournament creates a pathway to the Monday qualifier for players who have limited or no status with the PGA Tour and, frankly, raises entry fees.
For this Monday qualifier, the field is filled with players with limited PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour status.
The top four finishers from the Monday qualifier will gain entry to the 2025 The CJ Cup Byron Nelson. The last Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour is Corey Conners, who won the 2019 Valero Texas Open after Monday qualifying.
2025 The CJ Cup Byron Nelson Monday qualifier field
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| Joachim Altonen |
| Eric Axley |
| Hayden Banz |
| Zac Blair |
| Trey Bosco |
| David Bradshaw |
| Joseph Bramlett |
| Nick Branchina |
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| Clayton Brown |
| Sam Choi |
| Ryan Cole |
| Luke Colton (a) |
| Austin Cook |
| Brandon Crick |
| Zecheng Dou |
| Hunter Eichhorn |
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| Brad Elder |
| Julian Etulain |
| Clay Feagler |
| Gage Foddrell (a) |
| Carl Fosaas |
| Parker Gillam |
| Fabian Gomez |
| Brent Grant |
| Henry Guan (a) |
| Aman Gupta |
| Chesson Hadley |
| Cole Hammer |
| Christian Jalomo |
| Sam Jenkins (a) |
| Dawson Jones |
| Frank Kennedy |
| Seonghyeon Kim |
| Chris Korte |
| Hank Lebioda |
| Nelson Ledesma |
| Seungtaek Lee |
| Tain Lee |
| Hunter Logan |
| Matt Lohmeyer |
| Thomas Longbella |
| Andrew Loupe |
| Bobby Massa (a) |
| Logan McCracken |
| William McGirt |
| Matt Miller (a) |
| Taylor Montgomery |
| Cooper Musselman |
| Chris Naegel |
| Tanner Napier |
| Matthew Nesmith |
| Brian Norman |
| Augusto Nunez |
| Andrea Pavan |
| Jacob Rains |
| Garett Reband |
| Charles Reiter |
| Tag Ridings |
| Efrén Serna Jr. |
| Hayden Springer |
| Ross Steelman |
| Shawn Stefani |
| Cody Taylor |
| George Toone |
| Kevin Tway |
| Bo Van Pelt |
| Matthew Watkins |
| Nick Watney |
| Kyle Westmoreland |
| Gunner Wiebe |
| Jared Wolfe |
| Wyatt Worthington |
| Dylan Wu |
| Andi Xu |
| Sudarshan Yellamaraju |
