Arts, Music, and Recreation › Sports PGA Tour AT&T Byron Nelson Share Flipboard Email Print Byron Nelson talks with Tiger Woods following Woods' victory in the 1997 Byron Nelson Championship. Craig Jones/Getty Images Sports Golf Tours & Competitions Basics History Gear & Equipment Golf Courses Famous Golfers Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Climbing Cricket Diving Extreme Sports Football Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Professional Wrestling Skateboarding Skating Skiing Snowboarding Soccer Surfing Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Other Sports & Activities View More by Brent Kelley Brent Kelley is an award-winning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. Updated August 15, 2018 The PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championship started out as the Dallas Open, and Byron Nelson himself won the first one in 1944. The tournament was known as the Byron Nelson Classic for much of its history. Nelson hosted the event from his seat off the 18th green, greeting each year's winner as the champion walked off the green, right up until the year of his death in 2006. Beginning in 2017, AT&T took over at title sponsor and the tournament dropped the "Championship" from its name, becoming the "AT&T Byron Nelson." 2019 Byron Nelson When: May 9-12, 2019Where: Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, TexasTicket info 2018 TournamentTwenty-one-year-old Aaron Wise claimed his first PGA Tour win by three strokes. Playing on the new host site, Trinity Forest, Wise set a tournament record for score in relation to par at 23-under. (His 261 stroke total was two short of that scoring record.) The runner-up was Marc Leishman at 264. 2017 AT&T Byron NelsonBilly Horschel won the tournament on the first playoff hole. Horschel and Jason Day finished regulation tied at 12-under 268. But on the first extra hole, Horschel won it with a par to Day's bogey. James Hahn finished third, one stroke out of the playoff. For Horschel, it was his fourth career win on the PGA Tour. Official Web sitePGA Tour tournament site PGA Tour AT&T Byron Nelson Records: 72 holes: 259 - Steven Bowditch, 201518 holes: 60 - Keegan Bradley, 2013; Arron Oberholser, 2006 PGA Tour AT&T Byron Nelson Golf Courses: The Byron Nelson Championship moved to a new home beginning in 2018, the Trinity Forest Golf Club in Irving. That track replaced the previous longtime site, the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas. Many other courses around Dallas served as the host site earlier in the event's history, including Lakewood Country Club, Dallas Country Club, Brook Hollow Country Club, Preston Hollow Country Club, Glen Lakes Country Club, Oak Cliff Country Club, Preston Trail Golf Club and Las Colinas Sports Club. PGA Tour AT&T Byron Nelson Trivia and Notes: The first winner of the Byron Nelson Championship was ... Byron Nelson. The tournament was called the Dallas Open when Nelson won its first playing in 1944.The first three winners of this event were Nelson, Sam Snead and Ben Hogan.Snead won for the second and third times, back-to-back, in 1957-58. For the third win, Snead was 46 years, 12 days old, the record for oldest champion at this event.The tournament became known as the Byron Nelson Golf Classic in 1968. Nelson was the first PGA Tour player to have a tournament named for him.Jack Nicklaus won the Nelson back-to-back in 1970-71. In 1970, he defeated Arnold Palmer in a playoff for the championship.Snead and Nicklaus are the only back-to-back winners, but Tom Watson is the only back-to-back-to-back winner. Watson won three straight in 1978-80. Watson, a protege of Byron Nelson, also won in 1975 for a tournament record four wins total.There have been in inordinate number of playoffs at the Byron Nelson Championship. Since 1970, there have been 18 playoffs. Tiger Woods' record streak of 142 consecutive cuts made ended at the 2005 Byron Nelson Championship. PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championship Winners: (p-playoff; w-weather shortened) AT&T Byron Nelson2018 - Aaron Wise, 2612017 - Billy Horschel-p, 2682016 - Sergio Garcia-p, 265 HP Byron Nelson Championship2015 - Steven Bowditch, 2592014 - Brendon Todd, 2662013 - Sang-Moon Bae, 2672012 - Jason Dufner, 2692011 - Keegan Bradley-p, 2772010 - Jason Day, 2702009 - Rory Sabbatini, 261 EDS Byron Nelson Championship2008 - Adam Scott, 2732007 - Scott Verplank, 2672006 - Brett Wetterich, 2682005 - Ted Purdy, 2652004 - Sergio Garcia-p, 2702003 - Vijay Singh, 265 Verizon Byron Nelson Championship2002 - Shigeki Maruyama, 2662001 - Robert Damron-p, 263 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic2000 - Jesper Parnevik-p, 2691999 - Loren Roberts-p, 2621998 - John Cook, 2651997 - Tiger Woods, 2631996 - Phil Mickelson, 2651995 - Ernie Els, 2631994 - Neal Lancaster-p-w, 1321993 - Scott Simpson, 2701992 - Billy Ray Brown-p-w, 1991991 - Nick Price, 2701990 - Payne Stewart-w, 2021989 - Jodie Mudd-p, 2651988 - Bruce Lietzke-p, 271 Byron Nelson Golf Classic1987 - Fred Couples-p, 2661986 - Andy Bean, 2691985 - Bob Eastwood-p, 2721984 - Craig Stadler, 2761983 - Ben Crenshaw, 2731982 - Bob Gilder, 2661981 - Bruce Lietzke-p, 2811980 - Tom Watson, 2741979 - Tom Watson-p, 2751978 - Tom Watson, 2721977 - Raymond Floyd, 2761976 - Mark Hayes, 2731975 - Tom Watson, 2691974 - Bud Allin, 2691973 - Lanny Wadkins-p, 2771972 - Chi Chi Rodriguez-p, 2731971 - Jack Nicklaus, 2741970 - Jack Nicklaus-p, 2741969 - Bruce Devlin, 2771968 - Miller Barber, 270 Dallas Open1967 - Bert Yancey, 2741966 - Roberto De Vicenzo, 2761965 - No Tournament1964 - Charles Coody, 2711963 - No Tournament1962 - Billy Maxwell, 2771961 - Earl Stewart Jr., 2781960 - Johnny Pott-p, 2751959 - Julius Boros, 2741958 - Sam Snead-p, 2721957 - Sam Snead, 2641956 - Peter Thomson-p, 2671956 - Don January, 2681947-1955 - No Tournament1946 - Ben Hogan, 2841945 - Sam Snead, 2761944 - Byron Nelson, 276 Continue Reading