First Byron Nelson Prize Awarded To Tom Lehman

IRVING, TX – The Salesmanship Club awarded Tom Lehman with the first Byron Nelson Prize at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship Opening Ceremony on Tuesday.

The Byron Nelson Prize is awarded to a person or organization in the golf world who exemplifies the ideals of "giving back" that Byron Nelson personified. Each year the Salesmanship Club will solicit nominations for this award from PGA TOUR, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour professional golfers, as well as golf writers and reporters from around the world.

The Salesmanship Club of Dallas awarded $100,000 to the charity of Lehman’s choice. Lehman directed this charitable contribution to the McKenzie Monks Foundation, an organization that helps kids cope with cancer.

"Tom and his wife, Melissa, have given back to the community in so many important areas, including raising more than $4 million for the Children's Cancer Research Fund at the University of Minnesota," said Salesmanship Club of Dallas President Mac Wesson. "Like Byron, he is a man of great faith, great courage and great perseverance. He is clearly a man of whom Byron was proud and who is clearly deserving of receiving this inaugural award."

The 2007 EDS Byron Nelson Championship will be played April 25-29 at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. For details, visit www.byronnelson.pgatour.com.