Joe Conrad (’53), San Antonio :: At North Texas, he played on the golf team that won four consecutive national championships from 1949 to 1952. He won the British Amateur Championship in 1955, becoming the only Texan to do so. He was a member of the United States’ Americas Cup team in 1954 and 1956. Conrad won both the Texas State Junior Championship and the Texas State Amateur Championship in 1951, and he finished in the top 20 during the 1957 Colonial National Invitation Tournament and the 1957 Masters. In the early 1960s, he opened the 19th Hole Golf Center in north San Antonio, where he shared his golfing passion with many people, retiring in 1988. In the 1990s, he played in senior tournaments. He has been inducted into the UNT Athletics Hall of Fame, Texas Golf Hall of Fame and San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame.
Joe Conrad (’53), San Antonio :: At North Texas, he played on the golf team that won four consecutive national championships from 1949 to 1952. He won the British Amateur Championship in 1955, becoming the only Texan to do so. He was a member of the United States’ Americas Cup team in 1954 and 1956. Conrad won both the Texas State Junior Championship and the Texas State Amateur Championship in 1951, and he finished in the top 20 during the 1957 Colonial National Invitation Tournament and the 1957 Masters. In the early 1960s, he opened the 19th Hole Golf Center in north San Antonio, where he shared his golfing passion with many people, retiring in 1988. In the 1990s, he played in senior tournaments. He has been inducted into the UNT Athletics Hall of Fame, Texas Golf Hall of Fame and San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame.
