White, Ed

ou won’t find Ed White’s name in many books. Most works on Texas golf history omit him. Maybe in any other state he would be more notable, but not one that gave golf Hogan, Nelson, Demaret and countless others. But one author did feel the need... More

ou won’t find Ed White’s name in many books. Most works on Texas golf history omit him. Maybe in any other state he would be more notable, but not one that gave golf Hogan, Nelson, Demaret and countless others. But one author did feel the need to note him: Harvey Penick. In his Little Red Book, Penick listed White as one of his best students ever, right next to a couple of guys named Crenshaw and Kite. Ed White was one of the most promising amateur talents in the country after winning the 1935 intercollegiate golf championship for the University of Texas. He had the talent to become the next great golf star. But after graduating during the Great Depression, Ed White fell off the national radar screen, rarely ever competing in even statewide tournament for the rest of his life. What happened to him? White was content to live his life and raise a family in the bustling boomtown that was Houston. Along the way he became one of the best amateur golfers Less