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Our guest this week is the 2007 EDS Byron Nelson Championship winner Scott Verplank. Coming into that tournament Verplank had been winless on Tour for nearly six years. His long time friend, one of golf’s greatest gentlemen, Byron Nelson, had passed away the year prior. Clearly the stars were all aligned for Verplank to write a memorable story and he did.

» PGA TOUR Victories: 1985 Western Open, 1988 Buick Open, 2000 Reno-Tahoe Open, 2001 Bell Canadian Open, 2007 EDS Byron Nelson Championship.

» International Victories: 1998 World Cup of Golf.

» Other Victories: 2006 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (w/Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson).

» He is co-chair of The Next Level campaign at Oklahoma State, designed to raise funds to improve the OSU football facilities

» Scott suffers from Type 1 diabetes, and wears a pager-sized insulin pump on the course, but it doesn’t stop him from giving it his all.

» In 2007, he entered 23 PGA Tour tournaments, ranked 19 on the money list, and finished 10 times in the top 10 finishes.

» In 2007, he earned his first TOUR win since 2001 at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. The win for Dallas resident was especially memorable, as he had strong ties to tournament namesake Byron Nelson, who passed away in 2006.

» In 2006, he finished in the top 50 on the money list for the seventh consecutive season, and named as a Captain's Pick by Tom Lehman for the U.S. Ryder Cup squad.

» National teams competed: The Presidents Cup (in 2005 & 2007), Ryder Cup (2002 & 2006), World Cup (1998 & 2004), Walker Cup (1985).