
Nelson Versus Colonial
This week's EDS Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, is the first stop in the Tour's annual two-tournament swing through the Dallas--Fort Worth area. The Bank of America Colonial will be the next week in Fort Worth. Here's how the two events match up. --G.V.S.
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NELSON |   | WHO WINS AND WHY |   | COLONIAL |
Byron Nelson | X | ICON |   | Ben Hogan |
Pavilion, the best pick-up joint in town | X | HOT SPOT | X | Margaritaville. It's all about the jigger and salt |
Irving, home of high-rise office parks, expressways and the Dallas Cowboys |   | HOST CITY | X | Fort Worth, a former rail center with a once-bustling stockyard |
Modern TPC course, flanked by high-end housing |   | COURSE | X | Short, old-school track that demands precise shotmaking |
A waterfall and a pond guard the treacherous, 196-yard par-3 17th |   | FEARED HOLE(S) | X | Pars at the Horrible Horseshoe--numbers 3, 4 and 5--are hard-won |
What clubhouse? Players use the chic Four Seasons Resort Hotel |   | CLUBHOUSE | X | A classic built in the 1930s |
Bronze statue of Lord Byron |   | COMMEMORATIVES | X | Wall of Fame listing past champions |
$1,116,000 and a figurine of Nelson | X | WINNER'S REWARD |   | $1,008,000 and a red plaid sport coat |
Texas Stadium |   | NEARBY ATTRACTION | X | Fort Worth Zoo |
Well-dressed, high-powered executive type |   | TYPICAL FEMALE FAN | X | Not-so-well-heeled fit and tanned type |
BMW-driving preppie on the lookout for other swingers |   | TYPICAL MALE FAN | X | Pickup-driving golf nut on the lookout for best swings |
In 2000 Jesper Parnevik won while wearing Pepto-Bismol--colored slacks |   | TROUSERS HIGHLIGHT | X | In 1993 Ian Baker-Finch removed his pants to play a shot out of the water |
Thanks to Byron, Tiger usually plays | X | BUZZ |   | Got Annika, once |
Struggling Tiger can't find the fairway, barely misses the playoff ... and oh, yeah, Sergio García wins | X | 2004 STORYLINE | ¬† | Tiger skips tournament once again, calls the course obsolete ... and oh, yeah, Steve Flesch wins |
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CORBIS (NELSON)
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JOHN G. ZIMMERMAN (HOGAN)
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RICHARD CUMMINS/CORBIS (FORT WORTH)
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JAMES D. SMITH/ICON SMI (COWBOY)
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DAVID BERGMAN (FLESCH IN JACKET)
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PAUL A. SOUDERS/CORBIS (KOALA)
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JONATHAN FERREY/GETTY IMAGES (WOODS)
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LM OTERO/AP (PARNEVIK)
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