Texas Beer & BBQ Circuit--South Texas

pleaSe tell oUr aDvertiSerS yoU HearD aboUt tHem in texaS linkS october 2010 The South Texas Barbecue Circuit FEATURE STORY Sign Up For Home Delivery at www. texaSlinkSmagazineS. com texaS linkS / 57 n Monday of the last week of April each year, Curt Maddux... More

pleaSe tell oUr aDvertiSerS yoU HearD aboUt tHem in texaS linkS october 2010 The South Texas Barbecue Circuit FEATURE STORY Sign Up For Home Delivery at www. texaSlinkSmagazineS. com texaS linkS / 57 n Monday of the last week of April each year, Curt Maddux gets a phone call from his friend and golfing companion Scott Loving. “It’s Christmas time again,” Loving says. “Are you at the course? Because I am headed that way!” Loving and Maddux, both grown men and successful in business, are as excited as two young boys on Christmas Day. They are headed to Conroe Country Club for their favorite week of the year. It’s the first day of practice rounds for the club’s annual invitational. While most tournaments on the late, great beer and barbecue circuit have faded away or changed to milder best-ball formats, the Conroe tournament is still going strong after more than 70 years. It is an invitational in the truest sense of the word. “We send out the invitations in late February and people Less