Mustang Miracle

In 1957, when very few Mexican-Americans were familiar with the game of golf, and even less actually played it, a group of young caddies which had been recruited to form the San Felipe High School Golf Team by two men who loved the game, but who had limited access to it, competed against all-white schools for the Texas State High School Golf Championship.

[@gabbymediccue7642]

As a Mexican American, I truly felt proud of what these young men accomplished. Thank you Mustangs!

[@robboinnz]

Just saw the movie, and then started trawling YT for original content, found this. Let's just pause here and simply enjoy their swings! So solid and swift! A pleasure to behold frankly, amazing club head speeds.

[@afernandez4099]

As a former member of the Del Rio High School Golf Team '97 - '01, I take pride in learning about the story of the Mustang Miracle. Growing up at the San Felipe Country Club around the same ages as these 5 boys, I can see small similarities as to what these boys went threw, but nothing to the degree of the segregation of the 1950's. The only thing I knew about this story was the fact a team from San Felipe won the state championship. As I read the book "Mustang Miracle", I can imagine all the s

[@rodriguezro9999]

How did you like the movie as compared to the book? That's an awesome story nonetheless.