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He then took a club professional's job at the Ridgewood Country Club in New Jersey in 1935. Wins major championships
Nelson won his first major event at The Masters in 1937 winning by two shots over Ralph Guldahl. Early life and career
Born near Waxahachie Texas Byron Nelson was the son of Madge Allen Nelson and John Byron Nelson Sr.
He received the 1994 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America GCSAA's highest honor. Although he won many tournaments in the course of his relatively brief career he is mostly remembered today for having won 11 consecutive tournaments and 18 total tournaments in 1945. Nelson and two other well-known golfers of the time Ben Hogan and Sam Snead were born within seven months of each other in 1912.
