Scott Verplank won Lord Byron’s tournament with, he believes, an assist from above.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that the stars lined up and I got a little help from upstairs,” Verplank said after clinching a one-stroke victory over Luke Donald at the £3.2m (€4.7m) EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
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