Last Saturday, February 4th, would have been Byron Nelson’s 100th birthday.  In this week’s Golf World there is a great article entitled 1912 The Year Of The Giants but the lead on the cover is probably closer to correct The Greatest Triumvirate – Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of American golf greatest threesome.  Nelson along with Sam Snead and Ben Hogan were all born in 1912, Nelson in February, Snead in May and Hogan in August.  Between them the trio won 198 official PGA tour events.  By way of comparison Arnie Palmer, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus won a total of 159. The article is written by Curt Sampson who also wrote a terrific biography of Ben Hogan titled simply Hogan. Those who enjoy golf history will find both the article and Sampson’s book well worth reading.  The last paragraph in the Golf World article is particularly telling. Now a centruy after their births, we remember the Country Boys again.  And we wonder: Would Nelson, Snead and Hogan have succeeded with today’s no-spin balls and 460-cc driver heads? Oh my god, yes.  But it would not be easy. They’d still have to beat each other.