Staff Spotlight featuring Director of Junior Golf Alexis Sobieski

January 8, 2024Southern Texas PGA

Name: Lexi Sobieski


Hometown: Lawton, Iowa


Began Full Time: January 3rd, 2024


College/Graduation date: Grand Canyon University on April 19th, 2021


Major/Minor: Major Sports Management with a minor in Communications


Favorite Teams: Texas Longhorns, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Cardinals and Arizona Coyotes


Favorite food: Prime Rib or Sushi


Who is your favorite artist:
Alan Jackson and George Strait


What is your favorite song:
By Your Grace by Cody Johnson


Favorite Course you’ve been to:
Quintero Golf Club in Peoria, Arizona


What’s your favorite place you played, round of golf, lowest score:
My favorite place I played was Mirabel Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona


What’s one thing people don’t know about you:
I went to Game 1 of the 2016 World Series when the Chicago Cubs played.


Were you involved in golf before working with the STPGA:
I was the Tournament Director for Junior Golf Association of Arizona before I started with the STPGA.


What’s your favorite way to spend a day off:
On a spontaneous day, traveling to a new city, trying a new restaurant and/or coffee shop, and listening to a live music band. On a more regular day, working out, reading a book, and catching up on cleaning and cooking while relaxing.


What would you sing at karaoke night:
Any Shania Twain song


What was your first job:
Customer Service at Scheels Sporting Goods


What’s the farthest you’ve ever been from Texas:
Amsterdam, Netherlands


What are some of your favorite hobbies (how did you get into them):
One of my favorite hobbies is playing cribbage. I got into this game when my family members would all play around the table, and I wanted to learn and participate. Another hobby of mine is country two step dancing and line dancing which I got into when I moved to Arizona.


What’s your favorite golf memory:
Meeting Larry Fitzgerald and Bubba Watson during WMPO week.


What did you want to be when you were little:
Astronaut 


What is your greatest accomplishment/what are you most proud of:
Stepping out of my comfort zone and moving away from all my family and friends to Texas to pursue my new career as Director of Junior Golf.


Who is your favorite PGA TOUR Pro? Why?:
Scottie Scheffler, I think he is a great golfer, but I also like what he stands for with his morals and values as he practices on and off the course.



By Connor Murphy April 1, 2025
Spring, TX (April 1st, 2025) - Good Afternoon Players, Parents, & Family Friends, March was busy! 5, 36-hole championships in 5 different cities in only 30 days! More tournaments, more champions. More champions, more history. Let’s keep it rolling into April! Srixon Prestige Tour Champions - March As the weather began to warm up, our junior golfers followed suit. Beginning at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Golf Course for the Hill Country Open , Oliver Betschart, New Braunfels, TX, and Saahi Naraharasetty, Cedar Park, TX, claimed their first wins of 2025 with each of them breaking par through 36 holes. Moving a week later to the Spring Break Classic at The Club at Falcon Point, the hometown hero, Maddox Cleavinger, Katy, TX, claimed his first Prestige Tour victory by shooting a 144 (E) through 36 holes while Joann Bee, Spring, TX, claimed her third Prestige Tour victory since 2023. The week following, JP Lynch and Kanak Yadav, both from Austin, TX, proved that they mean business in 2025 by earning their third victories since 2024 at the EmmyEvan Shootout in the Hills at Lakecliff Golf Club. A few short days later, the Prestige Tour team headed across state lines into the beautiful, Lake Charles, Louisiana for the Visit Lake Charles Spring Classic ! Daniel Rice, Magnolia, TX, and Vivian Volion, Springfield, LA, walked into LC and walked away with hardware. Rounding out March, South Shore Harbour played host for the Veritex Bank Houston Junior Classic where Luke An, Houston, TX, and Carolyn Liu, Katy, TX, found a way to call themselves champions! Welcome to Team STPGA, Lora and Daniel, for the inaugural Bayou Cup! On March 23, the final day of the Visit Lake Charles Spring Classic, the STPGA welcomed the first two players to Team STPGA for the 2025 Bayou Cup against friendly rivals, Team LJGT ! Lora Kim, Katy, TX, found a way to prevail over the remaining eligible participants by carding a 72-75(+5). Daniel Rice, Magnolia, TX, not only won the championship itself, but his 69-72(-1) earned himself a spot to compete on Team STPGA alongside Kim this winter! Want to be a part of history? See below to find out how YOU can earn a spot to represent Team STPGA in the first ever Bayou Cup ! Boys 13-18 Exemptions Insperity Invitational Tour Championship at Champions Golf Club | July 21-22 Prestige Tour Open at Gleannloch Pines Golf Club | August 11-12 Vortech Contracting Championship at Rayburn Resort | September 6-7 Girls 13-18 Exemptions Insperity Invitational Tour Championship at Champions Golf Club | July 21-22 H-Town Showdown at BlackHorse Golf Club | August 23-24 Sun City Showdown at Legacy Hills Golf Club | September 27-28 Boys 13-14 Exemptions H-Town Showdown at BlackHorse Golf Club | August 23-24 Brackenridge Park Classic at Brackenridge Park Golf Course | September 13-14 Sun City Showdown at Legacy Hills Golf Club | September 27-28 Bay Forest Junior Championship at Bay Forest Golf Course | October 4-5 Thank You to our Sponsors! For the seventh consecutive year, Srixon is returning as the sole Prestige Tour Title Partner for the 2025 year. Keep in mind, if you are looking for golf balls to golf clubs, Srixon is one of the premiere brands in the industry and will always keep you at the top of your game. Thank you to EmmyEvan for their continued support of STPGA Junior Golf and for sponsoring the 2025 EmmyEvan Shootout in the Hills at Lakecliff Golf Club! Former junior golfer and current junior golfer, Emmy and Evan Tran, love this game so much they found a way to support junior golfers and their mission towards success! Thank you to the staff at Visit Lake Charles for welcoming the Srixon Prestige Tour team into the wonderful town of Lake Charles, LA, and for providing discounted hotel rates to those participating in the Visit Lake Charles Spring Classic! Lastly, thank you to the team at Veritex Bank for continuing their support of junior golf in 2025 for being the Title Partner of the Veritex Bank Houston Junior Classic! 2025 Summer Registration Opens TOMORROW Set your alarm clocks! TOMORROW, April 1st at 9:00 AM (CST), all Srixon Prestige Tour tournaments from May 28-29 through August 16-17 will OPEN for registration! Click b elow to view the Srixon Prestige Tour schedule.
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By Peyton Snow March 24, 2025
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