Ben Crenshaw won the Byron Nelson Golf Classic in 1983 the first year it moved from Preston Trail to what is now the TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas. This will be the 35th and final year before the tournament moves to a new golf course designed by Crenshaw and his longtime architecture partner, Bill Coore.
That was enough time to create plenty of lasting moments at Las Colinas.
For all the winners – a list that includes eight Masters champions, most recently Sergio Garcia – perhaps the biggest moment involved someone who didn’t even make it to the weekend. That would be Tiger Woods, whose cut streak ended at 142 tournaments in 2005 at the Nelson.
Speaking of streaks, the LPGA Tour goes to one of its stronger tournaments at the Kingsmill Championship, which might best be remembered for a playoff. It wasn’t that Jiyai Shin defeated Paula Creamer in 2010, but the fact they played the same hole (No. 18) eight straight times in the playoff before it ended the next day.
The focus this year is on the battle for No. 1 among Lydia Ko, So Yeon Ryu and Ariya Jutanugarn, and the hope it can be decided by 72 holes, not 81.