Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Golf great Byron Nelson dead at 94 (AP)

Byron Nelson is shown practicing for the L.A. Open at the Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles in this Jan. 12 1936 file photo. Nelson who had the greatest year in the history of professional golf when he won 18 tournaments in 1945 including a record 11 in a row died Tuesday Sept. 26 2006. He was 94. (AP Photo)AP - Byron Nelson golf's courtly "Lord Byron" whose 11 straight tournament victories in 1945 stand as one of sports' most enduring records died Tuesday. He was 94.


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