In Irving, Texas a street immediately adjacent to the Four Seasons Resort and Club, where the HP Byron Nelson Championship is played each year, is named Byron Nelson Lane. This site and all its content are representative of The Augusta Chronicle's Masters® Tournament coverage and information. After seven holes, Guldahl was 7-under, while Nelson was fading at 1-under. [33] On June 27, 2007, Peggy Nelson, Byron Nelson's surviving wife, was presented with the medal. “Byron was playing with Wiffy Cox, who was an older golfer in 1937,” she said. Walking hand-in-hand, Byron Nelson and wife, Peggy, left Augusta National’s famed Par-3 Course on April 8, tee.

Well, that’s what happened to Byron.

[16] Snead won 6 times in 1945 while Hogan won 5 times in the latter part of the year. From 1968, Nelson lent both his name and support to the Byron Nelson Golf Classic in Dallas; this was the first regularly-held PGA Tour event to be named for a professional golfer; the tournament had been previously staged as the Dallas Open. “I didn’t think anyone was out there but us. Judy M. Nelson served on the Glendora City Council from 2011 to 2020, serving two terms as Mayor in 2014-15 and 2019-2020. Before 1944 he had never won more than 4 events in any year. 13, which proved vital to determining the 1937 outcome. 12 tee and realized Guldahl had gone in the water,”, she recalled. After seven holes, Guldahl was 7-under, while Nelson was fading at 1-under. Horschel hadn’t won on the PGA Tour since, and missed four consecutive cuts before the Nelson, but he doesn’t blame the off-course issues for not playing well the past year.

Did you know you can save your preferences across all your digital devices and platforms simply by creating a profile? 12 I could catch him.’”. We would take walks up and down this country road at our ranch and I really had to hustle to keep up with him.”. Coming into that Sunday, the Texan had never won a major championship and trailed by four strokes to Ralph Guldahl. In Jack Nicklaus's 1978 book On and Off the Fairway, Nicklaus wrote that Nelson was the straightest golfer he ever saw. I'm sure most people can't say that.”. [4] From 1947 to 1955 Nelson played in 12 majors and won none. 12 tee and realized Guldahl had gone in the water,” she recalled. His first marriage lasted 50 years until death did him and Louise Shofner … “He’d start with his birdie on 10 and finish with the eagle on, captured an image of the Nelsons on their annual journey. “Byron said he was standing on No. He placed his membership at the Hilltop Church of Christ in Roanoke from 1989 until 2000, when he moved his membership to the Richland Hills Church of Christ in North Richland Hills, Texas. After their first visit in. “Byron was playing with Wiffy Cox, who was an older golfer in, she said. [13] During the war, Nelson gave hundreds of golf exhibitions across the country to raise money for charitable causes, often partnering with Harold "Jug" McSpaden, who was also exempt from military service. The journey is not over, it’ll never be,” he said. This is the first high school named in honor of Byron Nelson, and opened in the fall of 2009. His wife Maria, however, felt the sting as well. With his win at the 1946 Columbus Invitational, Nelson became the first player to reach 50 career PGA Tour wins. Each year, the tour remained the same, as did their conversation. Duncan fired a five-under 66 on Friday at Trinity Forest Golf Club, which jumped him into a tie for second place heading into the weekend after his opening-round 64 on Thursday. Would you like to get started? Money was tight, as Texas was hit very hard by the Great Depression. Their age difference never bothered either, and she says, “Byron, even though he looked his age to a degree, you could never think of him as old. US golfer Billy Horschel hinted at family issues after beating Jason Day at the Byron Nelson. So, luckily, it seems all is well in the Duncan household. Nelson and two other legendary champions of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912.

[9], In 1934, Nelson was working as a golf pro in Texarkana, Arkansas, when he met future wife Louise Shofner, to whom he was married for 50 years, before she died in 1985 after two severe strokes. Nelson won his first major title at The Masters in 1937, two shots ahead of runner-up Ralph Guldahl.

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During this tournament he shot a first-round 66, which was the lowest first round score at the Masters until 1976, when Raymond Floyd had 65 en route to his victory. For Byron and myself, it truly was our sentimental walk.”. Nelson published his memoirs "How I Played The Game" in 1993 (by Taylor Publishing, Dallas). [15] The week after the PGA Championship he missed the St. Paul Open with a back injury. The PGA Tour defines a "cut" as receiving a paycheck, even if an event has no cut per se. 24 May 2009: Rory Sabbatini and Peggy Nelson the wife of the late Byron Nelson pose for photographs with the championship trophy.



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