6 Facts About Byron Nelson Championship

1. In 2006, Byron Nelson Championship received the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian efforts.

2. Byron Nelson Championship was ranked as the fifth greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest magazine in 2000.

3. Byron Nelson Championship had several successful years as a television golf commentator.

4. Byron Nelson Championship won his first major title at The Masters in 1937, two shots ahead of runner-up Ralph Guldahl.

5. Byron Nelson Championship was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2006.

6. Byron Nelson and the HP Byron Nelson Championship have raised more than $112 million for the Salesmanship Club Youth and Family Centers, a nonprofit agency that provides education and mental health services for more than 7,000 children and their families in the greater Dallas area.