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John Byron Nelson, Jr. (b. February 4, 1912 at
Dallas, Texas) was a PGA Tour golfer between 1935
and 1946. He won his first major event at The
Masters Tournament|The Masters in 1937. Nelson
would subsequently win four more major
tournaments, the US Open (golf)|U.S. Open in 1939,
the PGA Championship in 1940 and 1945, and a
second Masters in 1942.

Nelson lost many chances at major championships
due to World War II. In 1945, while The Masters
was postponed, Nelson won 18 tournaments including
a record 11 in a row. In his career, Nelson won 52
professional events. After 1946, Nelson curtailed
his schedule although he continued to make regular
appearances at The Masters as a ceremonial starter
for many years. Nelson's record of 113 consecutive
cuts made is second only to Tiger Woods' 142.  It
should be noted that the PGA Tour defines a "cut"
as receiving a paycheck, even if an event has no
cut per se.  In Nelson's era, only the top 20 in a
tournament received a check.  In reality, Nelson's
"113 consecutive cuts made" are representative of
his unequalled 113 consecutive top 20 tournament
finishes.  Woods has only managed 21 consecutive
top 20 finishes in his career.

In 1968 the Dallas Open stop on the PGA Tour was
renamed the Byron Nelson Golf Classic, and this
tournament — most recently known as the EDS
Byron Nelson Championship — remains the only
tour stop named after a professional golfer.

Nelson is often referred to by the nickname "Lord
Byron", after the Lord Byron|poet.

Texas State Highway 114 Business through Roanoke,
Texas is named Byron Nelson Boulevard, as Nelson
resides there.

==See also==

*Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
*List of golfers with most major title wins

==External links==
*http://www.golfstarsonline.com/N/Byron_Nelson/
Golf Stars Online - links to features and articles
*http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/byron_nelso
n.htm Byron Nelson profile