Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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202 golf Led by Coach Jim Murillo the 1977-78 golf team proved to be the most successful golf team in MacA- rthur's history. The team broke several records including the team scoring record, which was broken three times. In the first tournament of the year, the Braeswood Invitational, the golfers placed fifth with a score of 322. David Barney Branham shot a 27 and placed second when he won a five man playoff. Joey Branham placed seventh with a 78. The team's next high finish came at the Sealy Invita- tional when they shot 316. Bobby Redden placed second shooting a 74. The team went on to the Humble Invita- tional and placed fifth. Joey Branham led the team in the tournament with a 78. The highlight of the year came when the team won the Alief Invitational. It was the first tournament win for the golfers. All five MacArthur golfers finished in the top 13 in a 50 man field. They included Bobby Redden Cfirstj with a 73, Andy Reyes Cfourthj with a 76, David Branham Csixthj with a 78, Joey Branham CtenthJ with an 81, and Jerry Branham Cthirteenthj with an 83. In district competition the golfers finished second and advanced to regional for the second straight year. David Branham finished fourth with a 79 and Andy Reyes fin- ished sixth with an 80. Ronnie Oller and John Kuehn led the second team with scores of 84 and 86. Jerry Bran- ham led the team to a seventh place finish in regional shooting 76-80. Andy Reyes led the team in stroke average with 81.7. Bobby Redden and David Branham finished with 82.3 while Joey Branham averaged 83.1 and Jerry Branham averaged 84.9. We had a good time and were still the best team in MacArthur history, said Coach Murillo. We had an enormous amount of potential that was never used. e Thats a par two! Andy Reyes will make his last putt. Team scoring record broken three times B192'-'231. 15-- 9 sc- , cs.. r '-SBK ' Quiet please! John Kuehn concentrates on a clean shot. Z-.3142

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