ABOUT RON

while attending Sam Houston State University. Playing on the same team with golf legend Fuzzy Zeller and Gary McCord (current golf announcer), he contributed to Sam Houston State’s two national titles and he was named AllLone Star Conference his senior year.

Schroeder went on to win the Greater Houston Amateur Championship five times after college graduation. He is a five-time USGA Public Links qualifier, three-time USGA Mid-Amateur qualifier and a one-time USGA Amateur qualifier.

Christ. Family. Golf. These are the three tiers of life that catapulted Ron Schroeder to golfing glory.

Ron played golf for 25 years before retiring as a Houston police officer. With dreams of playing professionally after retirement, his dreams became a reality as Ron began to tour cross country and captured some victories along the way.

As a professional golfer, Ron won the Jamaican Open, Colorado Senior Open, the Waterloo Senior Open and is a four-time winner of the Southern Senior Mini-Tour.

As a high school freshman, Schroeder was one of the district’s top golfers and qualified for region. When Schroeder entered his junior year at Sam Rayburn High School, he was the Pasadena ISD individual champion, district champ and an all-city honoree.

After graduating from Rayburn, Schroeder contributed to two NAIA national championship teams

One of the highlights of his golfing career was being named the Southern Texas PGA Senior Player of the Year in 2017 and in 2018, along with winning the Texas Senior Open. In April of 2019, he won the PGA’s Senior Series for the second time.

While Ron was raised in a family of baseball fans and players, he was drawn to the individual aspect of playing golf. “You could always go and play golf and set your own goals. The sport tells a story. You’re either good enough to do it or you’re not,” he said.

Ron said the best part about playing professional golf is the joy of getting to bring his family, including his wife, Gale and two sons, to enjoy the experience too