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HP Byron Nelson Championship Tournament information Location Irving, Texas, USA Established 1944 (1926) Course(s) Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas Par 70 Length 7,166 yards Tour(s) PGA Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund $6,500,000 Month played May Tournament record score Aggregate 261 Rory Sabbatini (2009) To par -20 Sam Snead (1957) Current champion Keegan Bradley 
The TPC Four Seasons at Las Colinas Golf Course, partially designed by Byron Nelson and home of the HP Byron Nelson Championship.
The HP Byron Nelson Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament is held in late April / early May at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, USA. It is one of two PGA tournaments held in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – the only metropolitan area to host two PGA tournaments – and before the FedEx Cup schedule reforms, was held the week prior to the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (previously the Bank of America Colonial). The tournament is the leading fundraiser for charity on the PGA Tour and is expected to hit the $100 million mark during its 2007 event. For much of its history, it was the only PGA Tour stop named after a professional golfer; it remains one of only two such events, along with the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Nelson commonly made an appearance during the tournament.
For the tournament's first several decades, it was played at a variety of courses in Dallas. Byron Nelson was the tournament's first winner in 1944, when it was played at Lakewood Country Club. The following year it was played at Dallas Country Club, and then in 1946 moved to Brook Hollow Golf Club. For the better part of the next decade the event was not contested, until two iterations of it were held in 1956, both at Preston Hollow Country Club. In 1957 the event moved to Glen Lake Country Club before it began a decade-long relationship with Oak Cliff Country Club from 1958-67. In 1968 the event was renamed the Byron Nelson Golf Classic and its name, through a series of sponsors, has always subsequently been in conjunction with Nelson's name. That same year the event moved to Preston Trail Golf Club, where it was played from 1968-82. In 1983 the event moved to venues in Irving, first at Las Colinas Sports Club from 1983-85, and then at the TPC at Las Colinas from 1986-93.
Beginning in 1994 the tournament was played at two courses, the Tournament Players Course and the Cottonwood Valley Course, both located at the Four Seasons. Previously only the TPC was used, but since the tournament was played in May (during the height of the North Texas storm season), the weather played havoc with the tournament in some years, causing several delays and shortened tournaments. Therefore, the decision was made to add the Cottonwood course in order to shorten the amount of time needed to complete the first two rounds. The first two rounds were played on both courses (each player played one round on each course); after the cut was determined, the TPC is used exclusively for the final two rounds. However, in 2008 the tournament reverted to using only the TPC course, which was significantly renovated.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) bought the previous title sponsor, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in mid-2008.[1]
Contents
Winners
Year Player Country Score To par 1st Prize ($) Purse ($) Ref HP Byron Nelson Championship 2011 Keegan Bradley 
United States277PO -3 1,170,000 6,500,000 2010 Jason Day 
Australia270 -10 1,170,000 6,500,000 2009 Rory Sabbatini 
South Africa261 -19 1,170,000 6,500,000 EDS Byron Nelson Championship 2008 Adam Scott Australia273PO -7 1,152,000 6,400,000 2007 Scott Verplank United States267 -13 1,134,000 6,300,000 2006 Brett Wetterich United States268 -12 1,116,000 6,200,000 2005 Ted Purdy United States265 -15 1,116,000 6,200,000 2004 Sergio García 
Spain270PO -10 1,044,000 5,800,000 2003 Vijay Singh 
Fiji265 -15 1,008,000 5,600,000 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic 2002 Shigeki Maruyama 
Japan266 -14 864,000 4,800,000 2001 Robert Damron United States263PO -17 810,000 4,500,000 GTE Byron Nelson Classic 2000 Jesper Parnevik 
Sweden269PO -11 720,000 4,000,000 1999 Loren Roberts United States262PO -18 540,000 3,000,000 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic 1998 John Cook United States265 -15 450,000 2,500,000 1997 Tiger Woods United States263 -17 324,000 1,800,000 1996 Phil Mickelson United States265 -15 270,000 1,500,000 1995 Ernie Els South Africa263 -17 234,000 1,300,000 1994 Neal Lancaster United States132^PO -9 216,000 1,200,000 1993 Scott Simpson United States270 -10 216,000 1,200,000 1992 Billy Ray Brown United States199*PO -11 198,000 1,100,000 1991 Nick Price 
Zimbabwe270 -10 198,000 1,100,000 1990 Payne Stewart United States202* -8 180,000 1,000,000 1989 Jodie Mudd United States265PO -15 180,000 1,000,000 1988 Bruce Lietzke United States271PO -9 135,000 750,000 Byron Nelson Golf Classic 1987 Fred Couples United States266PO -14 108,000 600,000 1986 Andy Bean United States269 -11 108,000 600,000 1985 Bob Eastwood United States272PO -8 90,000 500,000 1984 Craig Stadler United States276 -8 90,000 500,000 1983 Ben Crenshaw United States273 -7 72,000 400,000 1982 Bob Gilder United States266 -14 63,000 350,000 1981 Bruce Lietzke United States281PO +1 54,000 300,000 1980 Tom Watson United States274 -6 54,000 300,000 1979 Tom Watson United States275PO -5 54,000 300,000 1978 Tom Watson United States272 -8 40,000 200,000 1977 Raymond Floyd United States276 -8 40,000 200,000 1976 Mark Hayes United States273 -11 40,000 200,000 1975 Tom Watson United States269 -19 35,000 175,000 1974 Buddy Allin United States269 -15 30,000 150,000 1973 Lanny Wadkins United States277PO -3 30,000 150,000 1972 Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States273PO -7 25,000 125,000 1971 Jack Nicklaus United States274 -6 25,000 125,000 1970 Jack Nicklaus United States274PO -6 20,000 100,000 1969 Bruce Devlin Australia277 -3 20,000 100,000 1968 Miller Barber United States270 -10 20,000 100,000 Dallas Open Invitational 1967 Bert Yancey United States274 -10 20,000 100,000 1966 Roberto De Vicenzo 
Argentina276 -8 15,000 85,000 1965 No tournament 1964 Charles Coody United States271 -13 5,800 40,000 1963 No tournament – Dallas hosted 1963 PGA Championship 1962 Billy Maxwell United States277 -7 5,300 35,000 1961 Earl Stewart United States278 -6 4,300 30,000 1960 Johnny Pott United States275PO -9 3,500 25,000 1959 Julius Boros United States274 -10 3,500 25,000 1958 Sam Snead United States272PO -12 3,500 25,000 1957 Sam Snead United States264 -20 8,000 40,000 [2] Texas International Open 1956 (June) Peter Thomson Australia267PO -13 13,478 70,000 [3] Dallas Centennial Open 1956 (May) Don January United States268 -12 6,000 30,000 [4] Dallas Invitational 1947-55 No tournament 1946 Ben Hogan United States284 +4 2,000 10,000 [5] Dallas Open 1945 Sam Snead United States276 -12 2,000 10,000 [6] Texas Victory Open 1944 Byron Nelson United States276 -8 2,000 10,000 [7] Dallas Open 1927-43 No tournament 1926 Macdonald Smith 
Scotland
United States298 800 [8] PO Indicates a win in a playoff
* Indicates weather-shortened to 54 holes
^ Indicates weather-shortened to 36 holes
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Main sources[9][10][11][12]Multiple winners
Four men have won this tournament more than once through 2010.
- 4 wins
- Tom Watson: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980
- 3 wins
- Sam Snead: 1945, 1957, 1958
- 2 wins
- Jack Nicklaus: 1970, 1971
- Bruce Lietzke: 1981, 1988
Tournament highlights
- 1956: Peter Thomson, a five-time winner of The Open Championship shoots a final round 63, then makes birdie on the first two holes of sudden death to defeat Gene Littler and Cary Middlecoff. It was his one and only PGA Tour victory in the United States.[13]
- 1976: Mark Hayes becomes the first wire to wire winner of the Nelson.[14]
- 1981: Bruce Lietzke defeated Tom Watson in a playoff spoiling Watson's bid for a 4th straight Nelson triumph.[15]
- 1985: Bob Eastwood defeated Payne Stewart in a playoff after coming to the 72nd hole trailing Stewart by three shots. Eastwood made birdie on the final hole while Stewart made double bogey. Stewart made yet another double bogey on the first hole of sudden death to give Eastwood the title.[16]
- 1994: Neal Lancaster won the first ever six-player sudden death playoff in PGA Tour history. He made a birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Tom Byrum, Mark Carnevale, David Edwards, Yoshi Mizumaki, and David Ogrin.[17]
- 2005: Tiger Woods' record streak of 142 cuts made came to an end at this tournament.
- 2008: Australian Adam Scott sank a 48 foot putt on the third playoff hole to clinch victory over American Ryan Moore.
- 2010: Jordan Spieth is the first 16 year old to play in the tournament.
References
- ^ HP becomes new sponsor of Byron Nelson Championship
- ^ "Sam Sneads Wins Dallas Tourney By 10 Strokes". Park City Daily News. Associated Press (Bowling Green, Kentucky): p. 9. September 16, 1957. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JOUcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zEUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5626,1632602&dq=snead+golf+dallas&hl=en. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ "Peter Thomson Wins His First U.S. Golf Match". The Gettysburg Times. Associated Press (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania): p. 5. June 4, 1956. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6qskAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4675,1668715&dq=thomson+golf+dallas&hl=en. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ "Don January Eyes Second Big Golf Prize". The Gettysburg Times. Associated Press (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania): p. 4. May 28, 1956. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5askAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2664,2144028&dq=don+january+golf+dallas&hl=en. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ "Little Ben Hogan Takes Dallas Open". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Associated Press (Lewiston, Maine): p. 12. September 30, 1946. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m7cgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3092,7162542&dq=ben+hogan+golf+dallas&hl=en. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ "Sammy Sneads Wins Dallas Open Golf". Lodi News-Sentinel. United Press (Lodi, California): p. 3. September 10, 1945. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZsYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=je4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=5117,3891886&dq=sam+snead+golf+dallas&hl=en. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ "Nelson Adda To Bankings". San Jose Evening News. International News Service (San Jose, California): p. 6. September 11, 1944. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GSYiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-qMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4332,5729971&dq=byron-nelson+golf+dallas&hl=en. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ "Mac Smith Snares Dallas Open Title". The New York Times. Associated Press (New York, New York): p. 23. January 26, 2026. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A14FA395D13738DDDAF0A94D9405B868EF1D3. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ 2010 HP Byron Nelson Championship Media Guide
- ^ HP Byron Nelson Championship – Winners – at www.pgatour.com
- ^ HP Byron Nelson Championship – Winners – at golfobserver.com (1970–2009)
- ^ Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor, ed (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-60239-302-8.
- ^ Australian Thomson Texas Open Champ
- ^ Wire To Wire, It's Hayes
- ^ Lietzke holds off Watson
- ^ Eastwood takes playoff victory
- ^ Journeyman golfer wins big playoff
External links
Categories:- PGA Tour events
- Golf in Texas
- Sports in Irving, Texas
- 4 wins
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