Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Greater Greensboro Open Champion Byron Nelson Dies at 94

Golf legend Byron Nelson died today. He was a two time champion of the Greater Greensboro Open winning the event in 1941 and 1945. He was 94 years old. The following are two great quotes.

"What Byron accomplished, that goes down as one of the great years in the history of our sport. ... DiMaggio's record, I see that being broken more than winning 11 in a row."
-- Tiger Woods


"I don't know very much. I know a little bit about golf. I know how to make a stew. And I know how to be a decent man."
-- Byron Nelson in 1997

To read a great article about Byron Nelson go to the following link:

http://proxy.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2603645

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