The TxAGC emphasized its support and endorsement of HighSchoolGolfScoreboard.com, the first and only “official” high school golf rankings in the country, in a letter sent from TxAGC President Jerry Crumpton to all of the coaches that make up the membership of the TxAGC. Coach Crumpton, Head Golf Coach at McKinney Boyd, opened his letter by stating, “In the past two years the TxAGC leadership and I have been working closely with Junior Golf Experts, College Coaches, Fellow High School Coaches, and Rankings Agencies for the PRIMARY GOAL of moving our sport to the level of football in Texas. Football in Texas is nationally recognized as the best in the nation because their sport has been given statewide & national exposure. This is why so many high school athletes have earned scholarships at all NCAA levels. College Coaches can find the football talent because of the exposure through various websites, rankings, media & newspaper coverage. This has not been the case for Texas High School Golf.”
In an interview with Tjgt.com, Coach Crumpton shared that one of the driving forces behind his groups endorsement is to take advantage of the opportunity to give high school golf in Texas the exposure it deserves. Each year Texas high school golf produces top level collegiate and professional players but never gets the recognition it deserves. Utilizing the HighSchoolGolfScoreboard.com rankings, powered by Golfstat (the NCAA rankings provider) gives us something we’ve been lacking for years, a vehicle to put Texas high school golf in the spotlight.
Coach Crumpton concluded his letter by saying, “100% participation is the minimum standard I am asking for. HS Golf Scoreboard donates funds back to TxAGC which allow our state tournaments to have Nationwide Live Scoring for the first time in history.
There is NO EXCUSE for any Coach not to participate. Together we can change our sport and open up millions of dollars in new scholarships for our players due to the exposure they will now receive. Please forward this letter/email to any coach that is not a TxAGC member. Once again ladies & gentleman, we will create our own success or failure and failure is NOT an option.”
You can read the entire letter sent to every high school coach in the state of Texas here: (Click here to read complete letter)
