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UNT Golf Legend Maxwell Passes Away
9/21/2021 10:51:00 AM | Men's Golf
UNT golf legend and multi-time PGA Tour champion Billy Maxwell passed away on Monday at age 92 in Jacksonville, Florida, where he had resided for years and where he owned and operated legendary Hyde Park Golf Club after his playing career came to an end.
Maxwell played on three of the four consecutive UNT national championship teams (1950-52), which is still considered to be one of the best collegiate golf lineups in history, along with Don January, Buster Reed and Joe Conrad. He was inducted into the North Texas Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 1982.
Originally from Abilene, Maxwell grew up in the game, as his childhood home was on the fourth hole of the Abilene Country Club. He went on to what was then North Texas State and helped build a golf powerhouse under coach Fred Cobb. While at North Texas, he also won the 1951 U.S. Amateur before going on to play professionally. On the PGA Tour, Maxwell won seven times with the first coming at the 1955 Azalea Open. His final PGA victory came in 1962 at the Dallas Open. He was also a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1963, when the U.S. won in Atlanta, and he had eight top-10 finishes in major championships - three each at the Masters and U.S. Open and two in the PGA Championship. His best major finish was T5 - once each at the three majors. He never played in The Open Championship.
"I'm sorry to hear the news about UNT legend Billy Maxwell," UNT head coach Brad Stracke said. "My thoughts and prayers go out to the Maxwell family."
Maxwell played on three of the four consecutive UNT national championship teams (1950-52), which is still considered to be one of the best collegiate golf lineups in history, along with Don January, Buster Reed and Joe Conrad. He was inducted into the North Texas Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 1982.
Originally from Abilene, Maxwell grew up in the game, as his childhood home was on the fourth hole of the Abilene Country Club. He went on to what was then North Texas State and helped build a golf powerhouse under coach Fred Cobb. While at North Texas, he also won the 1951 U.S. Amateur before going on to play professionally. On the PGA Tour, Maxwell won seven times with the first coming at the 1955 Azalea Open. His final PGA victory came in 1962 at the Dallas Open. He was also a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1963, when the U.S. won in Atlanta, and he had eight top-10 finishes in major championships - three each at the Masters and U.S. Open and two in the PGA Championship. His best major finish was T5 - once each at the three majors. He never played in The Open Championship.
"I'm sorry to hear the news about UNT legend Billy Maxwell," UNT head coach Brad Stracke said. "My thoughts and prayers go out to the Maxwell family."
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