Dallas — Cape Town-born American Aaron Wise was the youngest winner on the PGA Tour in more than a year when clinching a three-shot victory at the Byron Nelson in Texas on Sunday. The 21-year-old, playing with a poise beyond his years in only his 26th start on tour, eased away from Marc Leishman and carded a closing six-under-par 65 to take his maiden title. "I was super calm. I was more nervous yesterday, oddly enough," Wise said in an interview at Trinity Forest in Dallas. In the tournament’s first edition at the new par-71 layout south of Dallas, Wise’s 23-under par total of 261 crushed the previous scoring record of 19-under set by Rory Sabbatini at the par-70 TPC Four Seasons in Irving in 2009. Trinity Forest, a links-style layout with neither trees nor water hazards, offered up a birdie bonanza when softened by rain. Two weeks after finishing equal second in Charlotte, Wise started the final round tied with Leishman but notched six birdies in a seven-hole stretch from the four...
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