Byron Nelson’s 1945 Tournament Results

Byron Nelson’s 1945 Tournament Results

In 1945, Byron Nelson not only won eleven tournaments in a row; he also won a remarkable 18 of 30. Nelson also finished second seven times. He was thus in a position to win 25 of thirty tournaments.

Nelson never finished out of the top ten, and only twice out of the top five. That year, Nelson’s overall scoring average was 68.33, a record which stood until Tiger Woods eclipsed it in 2000 with a 68.17.

The chart below shows Nelson’s complete results from 1945.

Date	Tournament	Score	Finish
January 5 – 8	Los Angeles	71-72-70-71–284	2
January 12 – 14	Phoenix Open	68-65-72-69–274	1
January 18 – 21	Tucson	67-68-67-67–269	2
January 26 – 28	Texas Open	67-66-68-68–269	2
February 1 – 4	Corpus Christi Open	66-63-65-70–264	1
February 9 – 11	New Orleans Open	70-70-73-71–284	1
February 16 – 18	Gulfport	69-68-72-66–275	2
February 23 – 25	Pensacola	9-69-71-65–27	2
March 1 – 4	Jacksonville	68-66-72-69–275	6
March 8-11	Miami International Four Ball	NA	1
March 16 – 19	Charlotte Open	70-68-66-68–272	1
March 23 – 25	Greater Greensboro Open	70-67-68-66–271	1
March 30 – April 1	Durham Open	71-69-71-65–276	1
April 5 – 8	Atlanta Open	64-69-65-65–263	1
June 7 – 10	Montreal Open	63-68-69-68–268	1
June 14 – 17	Philadelphia Inquirer	68-68-70-63–269	1
June 29 – July 1	Chicago Victory National Open	69-68-68-70–275	1
July 9 – 15	PGA Championship	Match Play	1
July 26 – 29	Tam O’Shander Open	66-68-68-67–269	1
August 2 – 4	Canadian Open	68-72-72-68–280	1
August 16 – 19	Memphis	69-73-66-68–276	4
August 23 – 26	Knoxville Invitational	67-69-73-67–276	1
August 31 – September 3	Nashville	70-64-67-68–269	2
September 6 – 9	Dallas	72-70-71-68–281	3
September 13 – 16	Tulsa	73-69-75-71–288	4
September 19 – 23	Esmeralda Open	66-66-70-64–266	1
September 27 – 30	Portland	71-71-67-66–275	2
October 4 – 7	Tacoma	70-69-73-71–283	9
October 11 – 14	Seattle Open	62-68-63-66–259	1
December 14 – 16	Glen Garden Open	72-65-66-70–273	1