The AT&T Byron Nelson is a

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tournament in

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on the

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, currently hosted by

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, northeast of

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. Held in May, it is one of two PGA Tour stops in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – which until the 2020-21 PGA Tour, was the only metropolitan area to host two events on separate courses in the area (

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and

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have since hosted two events on two separate courses). The tournament is the leading fundraiser for charity on the PGA Tour and has raised more than $143 million. For much of its history, it was the only PGA Tour stop named after a

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, and remains one of only two such events, along with the

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. As host, Byron Nelson commonly made appearances during the tournament. It is hosted by the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, a 600-member civic organization, and has benefited the club's nonprofit Momentous Institute since its inception. For its first several decades, the tournament was played at various courses in Dallas. Nelson, a Texas native raised in

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, 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 to 1967. In

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

, , the event was renamed the Byron Nelson Golf Classic and its title, through a series of sponsors, has continuously included Nelson's name. That same year the event moved to Preston Trail Golf Club, where it was played through 1982, then moved to venues in

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: Las Colinas Sports Club (1983–1985) and TPC at Las Colinas (1986–1993). Beginning in

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, 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 Valley 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.

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(HP) bought the previous title sponsor,

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(EDS) in mid-2008. The agreement ran through

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, with

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becoming the title sponsor in

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; the tournament moved to the new Trinity Forest Golf Club, southeast of

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, in

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. Not played in

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due to the

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, it moved north to

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Tournament highlights

* 1956:

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, a five-time winner of

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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. * 1976: Mark Hayes becomes the first wire to wire winner of the Nelson. * 1981: Bruce Lietzke defeated Tom Watson in a playoff spoiling Watson's bid for a 4th straight Nelson triumph. * 1985:

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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. * 1994:

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won the first ever six-player sudden death playoff in PGA Tour history. He made a birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat

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, David Edwards,

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, and

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. * 2005:

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' record streak of 142 cuts made came to an end at this tournament. * 2006: After graduating from Q school,

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's win propels him to a surprise Ryder Cup appearance. * 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

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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. * 2018:

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sets the tournament record. * 2019: Kang Sung-hoon won his first PGA Tour title in his 159th start.

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went bogey-free for the entire tournament, becoming the first to do so in a 72-hole PGA Tour event since Charles Howell III at the 2010

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Winners

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Multiple winners

Six men have won this tournament more than once through 2022. *4 wins ** Tom Watson: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 *3 wins **

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: 1945, 1957, 1958 *2 wins **

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: 1970, 1971 ** Bruce Lietzke: 1981, 1988 **

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: 2004, 2016 **

Lee Kyoung-hoon Lee Kyoung-hoon (; born 24 August 1991), also known as K. H. Lee, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2021 and 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson. Professional career Lee turned professional in 2010 and joined the On ...

: 2021, 2022

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