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Saturday
Tribute Events
The EDS
Byron Nelson Championship will celebrate the life and legacy of
Byron Nelson on Saturday, April 28 in two special ways. First, Byron
Nelson's Congressional Gold Medal Celebration will take place at 11
a.m. on the Four Seasons Wedding Lawn. Then at 3 p.m., the
tournament will stop play for a moment of silence.
In
September, 2006, Byron Nelson became the first golfer to be awarded
a Congressional Gold Medal. The United States Congress voted
unanimously to award and honor Byron Nelson with the nation's
highest civilian honor. Peggy Nelson and Congressman Michael C.
Burgess of Denton will participate in this
special ceremony. CBS Sports Anchor Jim Nantz will serve as master
of ceremonies. This celebration is open to the public.
Official play will stop for the first time in PGA TOUR
history to honor Byron with a moment of silence at 3 p.m.
Salesmanship Club of Dallas President Mac Wesson will declare this
moment of silence, and the PGA TOUR horn will sound to signal the
beginning. At the end of the moment of silence, a squadron of F/A-
18s from NAS JRB Forth Worth will cross the course at 1,500 feet.
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Troops
Find Respite at EDS Byron Nelson
Championship |
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 U.S.
Army Lieutenant Colonel John Baker had a plan to include his
love of golf in his most recent deployment in
Iraq. After all, a
sand wedge, a putter and some golf balls would be a nice
reprieve from the daily pressures of fighting a war thousands
of miles away from home.
The rigors of commanding
members of the fourth infantry, however, didn't leave much
time for working on his golf game. On Friday, Baker found a
better way to relax while watching the world's best golfers at
the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in the America Supports Our
Troops villa located on the 18th green.
The
Salesmanship Club, in conjunction with EDS, the Four Seasons
Hotel and the U.S.O., established a program that offers
tickets and prime seats to this weekend's tournament to active
military personnel. Troops are treated to complimentary food
and beverages in a relaxed environment.
"This is
wonderful," Baker said. "It is special and a little emotional
for people to show their gratitude and appreciation for what
we do this way. I know a lot of the members of my unit are
looking forward to coming out this weekend."
More than
200 tickets were distributed to Baker's base Fort Hood, while
another 30 or so were distributed through the U.S.O. in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area.
That is how Gunnery Sergeant
Bobby Benge and Sergeant Nick Bredehoft found their way to the
tournament on Friday. The U.S. Marine recruiters were truly
appreciative of the hospitality provided by EDS. "This just
shows people really do care," Benge said. "It is my first time
to the Byron Nelson and it is an awesome environment."
America Supports our Troops at the Championship is
sponsored by EDS Friday through Sunday and was sponsored by
the Four Seasons Hotel on Thursday.
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EDS
Byron Nelson Championship Draws Volunteer EDSers from Around
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Last
Friday, Paulo Ramos, an EDS employee in Mexico, hopped on
his black pearl Harley Davidson motorcycle and headed north
for the 2007 EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
He rode
1,200 miles from Huixquilucan to Dallas
to be part of the 2007 tournament. Ramos did the same thing
last year and volunteered in the information center to help
Spanish speakers at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
Ramos enjoyed helping out at the tournament so much
last year that he decided to participate again. He's one of
nearly 300 other EDS employees who have come from 12 countries
to serve as volunteers at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
EDSers make up 25 percent of the total number of
volunteers working at the Championship. They have come from
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the
United States, and for the first time this year -- Chile,
Columbia, Hungary, Ireland, Malaysia and the Netherlands.
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Programs
See Incredible '06
Outcomes |
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Salesmanship
Club Youth and Family Centers programs saw
incredible outcomes this past year. Below is a quick snapshot
of some of the great results:
- Researchers at
The University of Texas at Dallas have been following Jonsson
School
graduates for eight years. Among these graduates, only one
confirmed dropout has been
documented.
- The majority
(about two-thirds) of the Jonsson school grads who've
already completed high school have gone on to college.
- 100 percent of
Family Therapy clients surveyed reported high satisfaction
with SCYFC services.
- Overall, more
than 5,000 children and family members were served in
2006.
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Sponsor
Spotlight: AT&T |
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 AT&T
is partnering with the EDS Byron Nelson Championship as the
official telecommunications provider of the tournament. It
will have two wireless calling areas where spectators may try
out the latest phones and make calls from the Championship
grounds.
In addition, AT&T is responsible for
providing all communication on-site, including over 400
telephone lines, IP services and wireless internet access in
the hospitality venues. AT&T continues to provide the most
advanced communications technology for the EDS Byron Nelson
Championship.
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Media
Information |
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FRIDAY
ATTENDANCE
54,000
(1,000 up from 2006)
TELEVISION COVERAGE:
Saturday, April 28:
CBS
2-5 p.m. CDT
Sunday, April 29:
CBS
2-5 p.m. CDT
SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS:
Saturday, April 28
Third Round
Byron Nelson's Congressional Gold
Medal Celebration,
11 a.m.
Moment of Silence,
3 p.m.
Sunday,
April 29
Sunrise Service featuring Tom
Lehman,
6:30 a.m.
Final Round
Closing
Ceremony on TPC No. 18 Green
CONTACT US:
Tracy
Cobb, Director of Communications
E-mail:
tcobb@scdallas.org
Lyndsay Lovell, Communications Coordinator
E-mail:
llovell@scdallas.org
Kayla Craddick, Communications Intern
E-mail:
kcraddick@scdallas.org
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