AT&T Byron Nelson

AT&T Byron Nelson

The TPC Four Seasons at Las Colinas Golf Course, partially designed by Byron Nelson and home of the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship.
Tournament information
Location	Irving, Texas, U.S.
Established	1944,[1] 72 years ago
Course(s)	Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas
Par	70
Length	7,166 yards (6,553 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$7.3 million
Month played	May
Tournament record score
Aggregate	261 Rory Sabbatini (2009)
To par	−20 Sam Snead (1957)
Current champion
Steven Bowditch

Las Colinas

Location in the United States

Las Colinas

Location in Texas

The AT&T Byron Nelson is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament is held in May at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, U.S. It is one of two PGA tournaments held in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – the only metropolitan area to host two PGA tournaments. The tournament is the leading fundraiser for charity on the PGA Tour and has raised more than $121 million. 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. It is organized by the Salesmanship Club of Dallas.^[2]

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,^[3] 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.^[4] The agreement ran through 2014, with AT&T becoming the title sponsor beginning in 2015.^[5]

In 2019, the tournament will move from the Four Seasons course in Irving to the yet-built Trinity Forest Golf Course in Dallas.^[6]

Winners

Year	Player	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	1st prize ($)	Purse ($)	Ref
AT&T Byron Nelson
2015	Steven Bowditch	Australia	259**	–18	4 strokes	Charley Hoffman Scott Pinckney Jimmy Walker	1,278,000	7,100,000
HP Byron Nelson Championship
2014	Brendon Todd	United States	266	–14	2 strokes	Mike Weir	1,242,000	6,900,000
2013	Bae Sang-moon	South Korea	267	−13	2 strokes	Keegan Bradley	1,206,000	6,700,000
2012	Jason Dufner	United States	269	−11	1 stroke	Dicky Pride	1,170,000	6,500,000
2011	Keegan Bradley	United States	277	−3	Playoff	Ryan Palmer	1,170,000	6,500,000
2010	Jason Day	Australia	270	−10	2 strokes	Blake Adams Brian Gay Jeff Overton	1,170,000	6,500,000
2009	Rory Sabbatini	South Africa	261	−19	2 strokes	Brian Davis	1,170,000	6,500,000
EDS Byron Nelson Championship
2008	Adam Scott	Australia	273	−7	Playoff	Ryan Moore	1,152,000	6,400,000
2007	Scott Verplank	United States	267	−13	1 stroke	Luke Donald	1,134,000	6,300,000
2006	Brett Wetterich	United States	268	−12	1 stroke	Trevor Immelman	1,116,000	6,200,000
2005	Ted Purdy	United States	265	−15	1 stroke	Sean O'Hair	1,116,000	6,200,000
2004	Sergio García	Spain	270	−10	Playoff	Robert Damron Dudley Hart	1,044,000	5,800,000
2003	Vijay Singh	Fiji	265	−15	2 strokes	Nick Price	1,008,000	5,600,000
Verizon Byron Nelson Classic
2002	Shigeki Maruyama	Japan	266	−14	2 strokes	Ben Crane	864,000	4,800,000
2001	Robert Damron	United States	263	−17	Playoff	Scott Verplank	810,000	4,500,000
GTE Byron Nelson Classic
2000	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	269	−11	Playoff	Davis Love III Phil Mickelson	720,000	4,000,000
1999	Loren Roberts	United States	262	−18	Playoff	Steve Pate	540,000	3,000,000
GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
1998	John Cook	United States	265	−15	3 strokes	Fred Couples Harrison Frazar Hal Sutton	450,000	2,500,000
1997	Tiger Woods	United States	263	−17	2 strokes	Lee Rinker	324,000	1,800,000
1996	Phil Mickelson	United States	265	−15	2 strokes	Craig Parry	270,000	1,500,000
1995	Ernie Els	South Africa	263	−17	3 strokes	Robin Freeman Mike Heinen D. A. Weibring	234,000	1,300,000
1994	Neal Lancaster	United States	132^	−9	Playoff	Tom Byrum Mark Carnevale David Edwards Yoshi Mizumaki David Ogrin	216,000	1,200,000
1993	Scott Simpson	United States	270	−10	1 stroke	Billy Mayfair Corey Pavin D. A. Weibring	216,000	1,200,000
1992	Billy Ray Brown	United States	199*	−11	Playoff	Ben Crenshaw Raymond Floyd Bruce Lietzke	198,000	1,100,000
1991	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	270	−10	1 stroke	Craig Stadler	198,000	1,100,000
1990	Payne Stewart	United States	202*	−8	2 strokes	Lanny Wadkins	180,000	1,000,000
1989	Jodie Mudd	United States	265	−15	Playoff	Larry Nelson	180,000	1,000,000
1988	Bruce Lietzke (2)	United States	271	−9	Playoff	Clarence Rose	135,000	750,000
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
1987	Fred Couples	United States	266	−14	Playoff	Mark Calcavecchia	108,000	600,000
1986	Andy Bean	United States	269	−11	1 stroke	Mark Wiebe	108,000	600,000
1985	Bob Eastwood	United States	272	−8	Playoff	Payne Stewart	90,000	500,000
1984	Craig Stadler	United States	276	−8	1 stroke	David Edwards	90,000	500,000
1983	Ben Crenshaw	United States	273	−7	1 stroke	Brad Bryant Hal Sutton	72,000	400,000
1982	Bob Gilder	United States	266	−14	5 strokes	Curtis Strange	63,000	350,000
1981	Bruce Lietzke	United States	281	+1	Playoff	Tom Watson	54,000	300,000
1980	Tom Watson (4)	United States	274	−6	1 stroke	Bill Rogers	54,000	300,000
1979	Tom Watson (3)	United States	275	−5	Playoff	Bill Rogers	54,000	300,000
1978	Tom Watson (2)	United States	272	−8	1 stroke	Lee Trevino	40,000	200,000
1977	Raymond Floyd	United States	276	−8	2 strokes	Ben Crenshaw	40,000	200,000
1976	Mark Hayes	United States	273	−11	2 strokes	Don Bies	40,000	200,000
1975	Tom Watson	United States	269	−19	2 strokes	Bob E. Smith	35,000	175,000
1974	Buddy Allin	United States	269	−15	4 strokes	Homero Blancas Charles Coody Lee Trevino Tom Watson	30,000	150,000
1973	Lanny Wadkins	United States	277	−3	Playoff	Dan Sikes	30,000	150,000
1972	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	273	−7	Playoff	Billy Casper	25,000	125,000
1971	Jack Nicklaus (2)	United States	274	−6	2 strokes	Frank Beard Jerry McGee	25,000	125,000
1970	Jack Nicklaus	United States	274	−6	Playoff	Arnold Palmer	20,000	100,000
1969	Bruce Devlin	Australia	277	−3	1 stroke	Frank Beard Bruce Crampton	20,000	100,000
1968	Miller Barber	United States	270	−10	1 stroke	Kermit Zarley	20,000	100,000
Dallas Open Invitational
1967	Bert Yancey	United States	274	−10	1 stroke	Roberto De Vicenzo Kermit Zarley	20,000	100,000
1966	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	276	−8	1 stroke	Joe Campbell Raymond Floyd Harold Henning	15,000	85,000
1965	No tournament
1964	Charles Coody	United States	271	−13	1 stroke	Jerry Edwards	5,800	40,000
1963	No tournament − Dallas hosted 1963 PGA Championship
1962	Billy Maxwell	United States	277	−7	4 strokes	Johnny Pott	5,300	35,000
1961	Earl Stewart	United States	278	−6	1 stroke	Gay Brewer Arnold Palmer Doug Sanders	4,300	30,000
1960	Johnny Pott	United States	275	−9	Playoff	Ted Kroll Bo Wininger	3,500	25,000
1959	Julius Boros	United States	274	−10	1 stroke	Dow Finsterwald Earl Stewart Bo Wininger	3,500	25,000
1958	Sam Snead (3)	United States	272	−12	Playoff	Julius Boros John McMullen Gary Player	3,500	25,000
1957	Sam Snead (2)	United States	264	−20	10 strokes	Bob Inman Billy Maxwell Cary Middlecoff	8,000	40,000	[7]
Texas International Open
1956 (June)	Peter Thomson	Australia	267	−13	Playoff	Gene Littler Cary Middlecoff	13,478	70,000	[8]
Dallas Centennial Open
1956 (May)	Don January	United States	268	−12	1 stroke	Dow Finsterwald Doug Ford	6,000	30,000	[9]
1947-55: No tournament
Dallas Invitational
1946	Ben Hogan	United States	284	+4	2 strokes	Herman Keiser Paul Runyan	2,000	10,000	[10]
Dallas Open
1945	Sam Snead	United States	276	−12	4 strokes	Jug McSpaden	2,000	10,000	[11]
Texas Victory Open
1944	Byron Nelson	United States	276	−8	10 strokes	Jug McSpaden	2,000	10,000	[12]

** Par for final three rounds lowered to 69 due to course flooding
* Indicates weather-shortened to 54 holes
^ Indicates weather-shortened to 36 holes
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Main sources^{[3][13][14][15]}

Multiple winners

Four men have won this tournament more than once through 2015.

• 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.^[16]
• 1976: Mark Hayes becomes the first wire to wire winner of the Nelson.^[17]
• 1981: Bruce Lietzke defeated Tom Watson in a playoff spoiling Watson's bid for a 4th straight Nelson triumph.^[18]
• 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.^[19]
• 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.^[20]
• 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: At age 16, Jordan Spieth (the defending U.S. Junior Amateur champion, and a student at nearby Jesuit College Preparatory School) became the youngest player to play in the tournament, courtesy of a sponsor's exemption (the first one granted since 1995). Spieth would make the cut (becoming the sixth-youngest person in PGA Tour history to make a professional tour event cut) and finish 16th overall. (In 2011 Spieth would again be granted a sponsor's exemption and would again make the cut, finishing 32nd overall.)
• 2013: Keegan Bradley hits a course-record 60 (−10) in the first round. Bradley leads the first three rounds, but Bae Sang-moon earned the win.^[21]

References

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Media Guide

Coordinates: 32°51′50″N 96°57′29″W / 32.864°N 96.958°W / 32.864; -96.958