Feb 2, 2024 | Athlete, Golf, Inductees
MIKE STANDLY played on a state championship golf team at Abilene Cooper and a national championship team at the University of Houston. During his senior year at the University of Houston, Standly was named an all-American. He played on the PGA Tour from 1986-2010,...
May 9, 2022 | Athlete, Golf
TREY TODD won back-to-back individual Class 3A state championships in golf at Wylie High School in 2001 and 2002. He then became a four-year letterman at Texas A&M, where he had two top-10 finishes and eight top-25 finishes. He graduated in 2008 with a master’s...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Golf
Judy Casey Casey, a graduate of Abilene High, is one of the best female golfers to come out of the Big Country. She was a three-time Texas Publinx champion and also won the Women’s West Texas Golf Championship three times. She won the Louisiana State Amateur...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Golf
John Paul Cain Cain, a four-year letterman in golf at Texas Tech, was the 1959 Texas Amateur champion and played Ben Crenshaw in the finals of the 1973 Trans-Mississippi Mid-Amateur. After a lengthy career as a stockbroker and amateur golfer, Cain from Sweetwater...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Golf
Billy Maxwell Maxwell was a graduate of St. Joseph Academy of Abilene. He won the U.S. Amateur golf tournament in 1951 and was a member of two national championship golf teams at North Texas State. He played on the PGA and Senior PGA Tour before retiring from...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Golf
Bob Estes Estes was a standout basketball player and golfer at Abilene Cooper. He won an individual state championship in 1984 and helped the Cougars win three consecutive team golf state championships. He received the Nicklaus Award as the nation’s top collegiate...
