The PGA Tour heads to the Dallas area this week for the HP Byron Nelson Championship. This tournament, founded in 1944, is currently played at the TPA Four Seasons course in Las Colinas, Texas. Below are a few more facts about this event: * The Four Seasons course is a par 70, 7166-yard course. * The defending champion is Australian, Adam Scott (pictured above). * The total purse at this event is $6.3 million. * Past winners include Vijay Singh (2003), Tiger Woods (1997), and Phil Mickelson (1996). Tom Watson holds the record for most wins (four in 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980). * The event has been played at the Four Season course since 1986. The Byron Nelson Championship will be broadcast on the Golf Channel, Thursday and Friday at 3pm and... [Read more]

Just one week after he fell apart during the final round at Quail Hollow, 2007 Masters champion, Zach Johnson sunk a 12-foot putt on the first playoff hole to beat James Driscoll and repeat as the Valero Texas Open champion. Johnson shot a 70 today, good enough to force the playoff with Driscoll. Paul Goydos and Bill Haas tied for third place. Johnson, 33, vaulted to the top of the Fedex Cup list with this win, his second of the season. Johnson joined the PGA Tour in 2004. Today’s win is his sixth PGA Tour win. He also won the Sony Open in Hawaii earlier this season. Johnson is married and has a young son. The Johnsons live in Lake Mary, Florida, outside of Orlando. (photo credit: Keith Allison) [Read more]

Bob Rosburg, the winner of the 1959 PGA Championship and an ABC Sports golf commentator for more than 30 years, died Thursday at his home in Palm Springs, California. He was 82. Rosburg had six wins on the PGA Tour, including the PGA Championship win. He also finished second in the US Open in 1959. Rosburg joined ABC in 1974 and became the first sports commentator to report from the course. Today, virtually all golf broadcasts use on-the-course reporters. Rosburg grew up in San Francisco and attended Stanford University. He joined the PGA Tour in 1953. (logo courtesy of the PGA Tour) [Read more]

Annika Sorenstam, who retired from the LPGA tour last season, announced today that she and husband, Mike McGee are expecting a baby girl in the fall. The 38-year-old Swede announced the gender of the baby on her blog. Sorenstam, a hall of fame golfer, amassed 72 victories, 10 of them majors, before retiring last year to start a business and a family. It seems that she is wasting no time. We wish her well. (photo credit: Keith Allison) [Read more]

Tony Romo, the star quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, wants to play in the US Open in the worst way. Unfortunately, he failed to qualify to move on to the second round of qualifying matches this week. This is the fourth year that Romo has attempted to make the field for the Open. Romo shot par on the front nine at Dallas National Golf Club on Monday. He fell apart, however on the back nine, carding five bogeys and a triple bogey to finish the day with an 80, well out of contention for the qualifier. Romo is a avid amateur golfer. He has also tried to qualify for the Byron Nelson Championship, without success, for the last four years. (photo credit: Eliza Gonzales/cc license) [Read more]