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EDS Byron Nelson Championship Tickets Continued
For the EDS Byron Nelson Championship'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.
Since 1994 the EDS Byron Nelson Championship has been 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 is 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 are played on both courses (each player plays one
round on each course); after the cut is determined, the TPC is used exclusively for the final two
rounds. In 2005 Tiger Woods' record streak of 142 cuts made came to an end at this
tournament.
Past winners of the EDS Byron Nelson Championship include:
2006: Brett Wetterich
2005: Ted Purdy
2004: Sergio Garcia
2003: Vijay Singh
2002: Shigeki Maruyama
2001: Robert Damron
2000: Jesper Parnevik
1999: Loren Roberts
1998: John Cook
1997: Tiger Woods
1996: Phil Mickelson
1995: Ernie Els
1994: Neal Lancaster
1993: Scott Simpson
1992: Billy Ray Brown
1991: Nick Price
1990: Payne Stewart
1989: Jodie Mudd
1988: Bruce Lietzke
1987: Fred Couples
1986: Andy Bean
1985: Bob Eastwood
1984: Craig Stadler
1983: Ben Crenshaw
1982: Bob Gilder
1981: Bruce Lietzke
1980: Tom Watson
1979: Tom Watson
1978: Tom Watson
1977: Raymond Floyd
1976: Mark Hayes
1975: Tom Watson
1974: Bud Allin
1973: Lanny Wadkins
1972: Chi Chi Rodriguez
1971: Jack Nicklaus
1970: Jack Nicklaus
1969: Bruce Devlin
1968: Miller Barber
1967: Bert Yancey
1966: Roberto De Vicenzo
1965: No Tournament
1964: Charles Coody
1963: No Tournament
1962: Billy Maxwell
1961: Earl Stewart
1960: Johnny Pott
1959: Julius Boros
1958: Sam Snead
1957: Sam Snead
1956: Peter Thomson (June, two events in same year)
1956: Don January (May, two events in same year)
1946: Ben Hogan
1945: Sam Snead
1944: Byron Nelson
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