Sam Goldfarb, Sr.
Sam M. Goldfarb, Sr. was one of a half-dozen businessmen to form the San Antonio Golf Association, SAGA, now Golf San Antonio, in 1938. The group’s main purpose of bringing back the then defunct Texas Open. He was a long time president of the San Antonio Golf Association in the 1940's and 50's when the Texas Open was played at Brackenridge Park Golf Course in San Antonio, Texas.
He helped by bringing Bob Hope and Bing Crosby as special guests in the early 1940’s.
Sam was involved with professional golf, amateur golf and junior golf for more than 50 years. Sam Sr. was asked to run the Texas State Junior Golf Championship by the San Antonio Light Newspaper in 1946. So, he took care of the ‘State Junior’ as he called it, until 1972 with the help of his wife Dorothy Goldfarb, Brackenridge Golf Pro, Murray Brooks and several dedicated friends.
Birthplace: Overby, Mississippi
Born: July 13, 1895
Died: July 5, 1982