USA Player Bio: Michael Houston

Residence:

 

San Antonio, Texas

Marital Status:

 

Married to Kari

Children:

 

3 children (McKenzie, KariGrace, and Ciara)

Education:

 

Attended 3 different colleges

Occupation:

 

National Liaison (Deaf Link, Inc.)

Interests:

 

Teaching golf to deaf players of all ages; spending time with my family

Handicap:

 

0

Favorite Club:

 

7 iron

Strongest Part of the Game:

 

Scrambling ability
 

What's in the Bag?

Driver:   Ben Hogan “Big Ben” C-S3 (8.5 degrees)
Wood 3,5:  

Callaway Big Bertha War Bird (15 degrees)
Iron 2:   PowerBilt Citation Forged (CB)
Irons 3-PW:   PowerBilt Citation Forged (3-6 iron CB; 7-PW MB)
Gap Wedge:   Titleist Vokey   (52 degrees)
Sand Wedge:   none
Lob Wedge:    Titleist Vokey  (58 degrees; 6 degrees of bounce)
Grip:   Golf Pride
Putter:   Flatstix “A-Frame” Pro Series 1
Ball:   Titleist ProV (and ProV-1x)

Career Highlights:

First taste of competition: runner up at 1995 FWDGA in Twin Falls, Idaho

 

Passed “Players Ability Test” (PAT) on first try, Nov. 2001

 

Have made 4 eagles on Par 4’s

 

Once made 4 birdies in 5 closing holes to shoot my low round: 67 at Superstition Mountain Country Club, Apache Junction, Arizona (2003)

 

Met Alan Wooley (PGA member, member of PGA of America’s Board of Directors, and General Manager of Plum Creek Golf Club, Kyle, Texas) October 2005

 

 

Tournament Victory:

SWDGA 2005, Mesquite, Texas (interesting story involving William Tonigan, SWDGA Champion on same course in 1975; year after he introduced me to golf at age 7, 30 years later win SWDGA on same course)

3 runner-up finishes: 1995 FWDGA, 2004 FWDGA, and 2005 SEDGA (lost in playoff to Robert Ritch, the champion)