Byron Nelson, a Standout for His Remarkable Golf Swing and 1945 Season, Dies at 94
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Byron Nelson was the winner of a record 11 consecutive professional golf tournaments in 1945 and one of golfÂs most renowned figures.
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Ken Nelson, a longtime talent scout at Capitol Records who produced dozens of No. 1 country music hits and helped push Buck Owens and Merle Haggard to country stardom in the 1960s, has died. He was 96.
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Vicente Fernandez birdied the final hole yesterday for a 6-under-par 66 and a share of the third-round lead with Peter Jacobsen at 12 under in the Tradition in Aloha, Ore., the Champions Tour's last major of the year. Jacobsen, the second-round leader, shot a 69.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Oscar Peterson, who sat atop the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, died on Sunday of kidney failure, CBC Television said. He was 82.
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Maybe $1 million. Maybe more, given all the time it would take from a prosperous career on the Champions Tour. And Nelson would do it in a second.
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Kernwood Country Club, designed by Donald Ross in 1914, is a golf course that requires study and practice. Thick rough crowds the narrow fairways, which bottleneck before feeding into small, often elevated, greens. It is a course that demands distance control above all; knowing where on the green to land the ball and choosing the right club to ...
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Ancel Keys, a pioneer in public health best known for identifying the connection between a cholesterol-rich diet and heart disease, has died.
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E' morto Byron Nelson, leggenda del golf internazionale. Aveva 94 anni. Nelson, soprannominato Lord ...
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Steve Stricker holed out twice from the bunker for birdie, the last one giving him the lead. The crowd cheered at every turn for David Duval, not out of sympathy but for putting himself in the hunt at the U.S. Open.
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One of the most famous American band leaders of the swing era, the clarinettist Artie Shaw, has died. He died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 94.
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How different was the era in which he played? Consider that not long after he won his only US Open, Byron Nelson traveled north and won the Massachusetts Open.
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Tom Watson gave as Whistling Straits took away. In the end, Brad Bryant was left with the biggest moment of his career -- and the second-biggest final-round comeback in a US Senior Open.
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ATHENS, Greece - Walking down the 18th fairway at Augusta National Golf Club in April, I looked wistfully across the course as the sun was fading into the pines, creating a surreal mixture of light and shadows.
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A clutch shot and flawless performance by US Open champion Retief Goosen. A rare collapse by Tiger Woods. In a fitting end to the PGA Tour season, the unflappable Goosen closed with a 6-under-par 64 to win
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Where Byron Nelson ranks all-time in professional golf:
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Byron Nelson won 11 straight tournaments over five months. Tiger Woods took almost that much time off between PGA Tour victories No. 6 and No. 7 in a winning streak that is increasingly difficult to compare.
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ERNIE ELS was as good as his word. On Friday, when he led the American Express Championship by two strokes after 36 holes, he said it was time he rededicated himself to golf after being overshadowed by Vijay Singh.