Lee Trevino won the Colonial Invitational on May 16, 1976. He beat Mike Morley by one shot to capture the first place prize. He would go on to win the event a second time in 1978. 

Trevino was named Rookie of the Year in 1967, and would go on to have success around the world. During his career, Trevino had over 80 professional wins, including 29 on the PGA Tour. He had 22 top 10's in the major's including 6 wins. Four of those six wins at the majors came over Jack Nicklaus. 

Lee Trevino bio

Ken Venturi, famed golf announcer and winner of 14 PGA Tour events including the 1964 US Open was born on this day in 1931.

Venturi began his career in home town San Francisico playing public courses like Harding Park at an early age.  By the time he reached 20 he had already made a name for himself as a top amateur and had spent time under the great Byron Nelson as a pupil.

On this day in 1995, Ernie Els won the "GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic." Els shot 263 (-17) to capture the $234,000 first prize. The tournament win was only the second PGA Tour win of his career. 

On May 13, 2001, Robert Damron won the HP Byron Nelson Championship. He shot a (-17) 263 total to capture the $810,000 prize. 

Before turning pro, Damron attended UCF, earning All American Honors three of the years he played there. 

In 2004, he lost in a playoff at the Byron Nelson to Sergio Garcia. 

In 2008, Damron won on the Nationwide Tour at the Athens Regional Foundation Classic.

During his professional career, Damron has earned more than $6,000,000 and racked up sixty-three top 25 finishes (Nationwide Tour and PGA Tour).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Damron

http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/019881/robert-damron/