JUNIOR GOLF Q&A with Justin Hogue
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ustin Hogue isn’t
one to let long odds
dissuade him from
his goals.
The...
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JUNIOR GOLF Q&A with Justin Hogue
42 / Texas Links sign UP fOr HOme deLiverY aT www.
TexasLinksmagazines.
cOm
JULY 2011 PLease TeLL OUr adverTisers YOU Heard abOUT THem in Texas Links
ustin Hogue isn’t
one to let long odds
dissuade him from
his goals.
The former
world champion calf
roper-turned golfing
professional was well
aware of how crowded
the competitive junior
golf space was in Texas.
He decided to create
his own niche and start a
junior golf tournament
series anyway.
The Junior Golf
Championships (JGC)
began in 2009 with two
events in Dallas.
Despite
all the historically significant and successful
junior tours in Texas—
such as The Texas
Legends Junior Tour,
Northern Texas and
Southern Texas PGA
Junior Tours, and The
Texas Junior Golf Tour
—Hogue’s JGC series
was a hit with kids and
their parents.
Hogue, who by day
works for AT&T as a
regional sales manager,
had vast experience in
tournament creation and
operations.
In a quest to
fill the competitive void
left from calf r
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