Salesmanship
Club Youth and Family Centers will receive
more than $6.05 million in net proceeds from
the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship. This
is the fourth time in its history that the
Championship has exceeded the $6 million mark.
The Salesmanship Club of Dallas sponsors
the Championship and raises funds for SCYFC
from the sale of sponsorships, tickets, merchandise,
concessions, parking and other amenities.
The money raised at the Championship makes
up more than 92 percent of SCYFC’s operating
budget, enabling the agency to serve families
regardless of their ability to pay. SCYFC
operates innovative programs for at-risk children
and their families, including a laboratory
school for urban children in Oak Cliff
and family
therapy centers in Oak Cliff and Northwest
Dallas. Early in 2006, SCYFC will launch a
unique new program, the Family
Works Center, that will offer prevention,
early intervention and treatment programs
for children, adolescents and their families.
“Too many children and families in
our community are suffering from a lack of
adequate mental health and education services,”
said Kent Skipper, PhD, executive director
of SCYFC. “The EDS Byron Nelson Championship
ensures that the Salesmanship Club is able
to provide these services regardless of whether
the family has insurance coverage or financial
resources. We are deeply grateful to EDS and
the hundreds of sponsors and volunteers who
work so hard to make this possible.”
Since its inception, the Championship has
raised more than $88 million for SCYFC and
has been honored by the PGA TOUR for contributing
the most money to charity of any PGA TOUR
event. In honor of this accomplishment, the
Salesmanship Club of Dallas has been awarded
the Benefactor Award by the PGA TOUR Tournaments
Association for five consecutive years.
Larry Nixon, 2005 tournament chairman, said,
“Thanks to our title sponsor, EDS, and
all of our sponsors, the hundreds of volunteers
and the thousands of spectators for everything
they contributed to make this year’s
Championship a success. We are so pleased
to be able to contribute more than $6 million
to our charity and make a difference for Dallas
area families.”
The 2006 EDS Byron Nelson Championship will
be played May 10-14 at the Four Seasons Resort
and Club Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. The
2006 event will mark its 39th year on the
PGA TOUR.