Editing Byron Nelson (section)

===Record-breaking year===
In 1945, Nelson enjoyed a record-breaking year, winning 18 PGA tournaments out of the 30 he played, including 11 in a row that he played in.<ref name="About">{{cite web |url=http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/byron_nelson.htm |title=Byron Nelson |publisher=About.com |last=Kelley |first=Brent |access-date=May 18, 2007 |archive-date=May 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524092659/http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/byron_nelson.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Both records are yet to be beaten. Nelson's run of 11 wins started in March with the [[Miami International Four-Ball]], where he partnered [[Jug McSpaden]]. He then won 10 individual events ending with the [[Canadian Open (golf)|Canadian Open]] in August, a run that finished when he finished tied for fourth place in the [[Memphis Invitational]]. During this run, he won the 1945 [[PGA Championship]], the only major championship played that year.<ref name="About"/> The week after the PGA Championship he missed the [[St. Paul Open]] with a back injury. There has been debate as to how impressive these results are, as it was believed to be a weakened tour due to the war.<ref name="About2"/> But in reality many of the leading golfers of that time, including [[Sam Snead]] and [[Ben Hogan]] still played a full or at least part schedule that year.<ref name="About2"/> Snead won 6 times in 1945 while Hogan won 5 times in the latter part of the year. During this year Nelson finished second another 7 times, set a record for the scoring average (68.33 for 18 holes) that was broken by [[Tiger Woods]] in 2000, a record 18 hole score (62), and a record 72-hole score (259, which beat the previous record set by  [[Ben Hogan]] earlier that year).<ref name="About2">{{cite web |url=http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/a/menstop10years_3.htm |title=Top 10 Individual Seasons in Men's Golf History |publisher=About.com |last=Kelley |first=Brent |access-date=May 21, 2007 |archive-date=March 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324070156/http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/a/menstop10years_3.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> This year is now known as the greatest single year by a player on the PGA Tour, as Arnold Palmer said: "I don't think that anyone will ever exceed the things that Byron did by winning 11 tournaments in a row in one year."<ref name="SandTrap">{{cite web|url=http://thesandtrap.com/columns/profiles/byron_nelson |title=Byron Nelson |publisher=The Sand Trap |date=September 29, 2006 |first=Jeff |last=Smith |access-date=May 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015203742/http://thesandtrap.com/columns/profiles/byron_nelson |archive-date=October 15, 2008 }}</ref> Even more recently, Tiger Woods referred to the year as "one of the great years in the history of the sport".<ref name="SandTrap"/>