Class of 2018

Billy Ray Brown

Amateur Player

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Biography

Collegiate/Amateur

  • Played golf at the University of Houston
    • 1982 NCAA Individual Champion and Team Champion
    • 1983 Fall Southwest Conference Individual Champion
    • 1983 Third Place Team Finish at NCAA National Championship
    • 1984 Fall Southwest Conference Individual Champion and NCAA Team Champion
    • 1985 NCAA Champions.
    • Four-time All Southwest Conference
    • Four-time NCAA All American
  • 1982 Bill Ennis Award recognizing city of Houston athlete of the year
  • Member of the US All-Star Team vs. Japan matches in 1983

High School

  • As a member of the Dulles High School team; 1979 Texas Regional High School Champions 1980 and 1981 Regional and State of Texas Champions

Professional/Personal

  • Brown won three PGA Tour events in a career cut short by an injury and subsequent surgeries to his wrist. His best finish in a major championship was T-3 at the 1990 U.S. Open, one stroke out of the playoff. He had 17 top-10 finishes in 315 PGA Tour events.
  • After his playing days ended, Brown moved into the media to serve as an on-course reporter for ABC Sports from 1999 until 2006. In 2007, Brown joined the Golf Channel as an on-course reporter for their PGA Tour and Champions Tour coverage.

1982 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship

Birthplace: Missouri City, Texas

Born: April 5, 1963

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