Rex Baxter

Rex Baxter

Rex Bernice Baxter, Jr. (born February 28, 1936) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.

A native of Amarillo, Texas, Baxter won the U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship at Tulsa's Southern Hills Country Club in 1953. He attended the University of Houston, where he was an All American member of the golf team.

He won the Cajun Classic Open Invitational in 1963 and the PGA Professional National Championship in 1970. His best finish in a major is T-33 at the 1960 U.S. Open.

Baxter was the first golfer inducted into the University of Houston Athletics Hall of Honor. He works as an instructor for Golf Digest Schools at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.