“Click on the text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this grid” Coach George Hannon 1964- 1981 George Hannon’s primary source of income was running Austin’s golf operations, including the new Morris Williams Golf Course—the new home for the Texas Longhorn golf team. The coaching job…
Byron Nelson award Dylan Fritelli 2012 Fred Haskins award for outstanding golfer- Crenshaw, 1971-1972-1973 -Estes 1987- Leonard 1994- Elder 1997- Hossler 2016 Brad Elder A chronic wrist injury changed the course of Brad Elder’s professional career, but there’s no questioning his impact on the University of Texas men’s golf program, where he was a two-time…
Golf Stories from Longhorn Fans and Longhorn players Golf – George Machock and the 1971 Longhorn Golf National Champions George Machock George Machock was a Two Time Honorable Mention All American in ’70 and ’71 and was the UT Golf Team MVP in ’70.As young high school golfers in Austin, Tom Kite (McCallum), Ben Crenshaw…
Longhorn brand builder Ben Crenshaw shared his oral history through his Eyes of Texas. Sponsored by Sponsored by MBFC contact John Carsey at jcarsey@mbfc.com Ben’s oral history is in the link listed below as “Ben Crenshaw”. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/ben-crenshaw To know Ben Daniel Crenshaw starts with DKR’s saying, “the real mark of a man is how he…
My neighbor in Odessa, Texas, was Cotton Price, the quarterback for the 1939 national champions Texas Aggie team. His son, David Price, shown in this photo, was on two Longhorn national championship teams with Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite. A paraphrased article in Odessa Living Magazine by James McAfee follows: For 50-plus years David Price…
Judge Joe Bob Golden Jr. February 15, 1933 – May 27, 2016 Share this obituary Send Flowers Watch the Tribute Watch the Tribute| Upload Photo| Joe Bob Golden – 1950’s golf A celebration of the life of Judge Joe Bob Golden, Jr., 83, of Jasper, will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 30, 2016 at…
BETTY JAMESON 1937 Betty is the first woman to ever qualify for a men’s varsity high school golf team in Texas. Shooting a 39 on one course when she was 12 years old. In 1937 Betty Jameson enrolled at UT and learned golf under Harvey’s guidance, winning the intramural golf championship in 1938. In 1938,…