Byron Nelson was one of the PGA TOUR’s greatest legends, establishing records during the 1940s that have never been matched.

• Nelson won 52 times on the PGA TOUR between 1935 and 1951 in a career that began in 1933 and concluded in 1965. His 1945 season is one of the most remarkable ones for any athlete as he set some of the sporting world’s most enduring records. He won a one-season record 18 times, including an unbelievable 11 in a row.

• He was the winner of five major championships -- the 1937 and 1942 Masters, the 1939 U.S. Open and the 1940 and 1945 PGA Championships. He won the Vardon Trophy in 1939 and led the PGA TOUR in earnings in 1944 and 1945 and was named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for both of those years.

• He was elected as an inaugural inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974 and was presented with the PGA TOUR’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.

• The PGA TOUR event that bears his name in Dallas, the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, leads all TOUR events in charitable donations. The tournament set the standard for charitable giving, raising nearly $95 million for the Salesmanship Club of Dallas.

• The PGA TOUR honors the player with the low stroke average each season with the Byron Nelson Award.