Coby Scarborough, a graduate of Picayune High, was a member of PRCC’s best golf team ever. His coach was Mike Humphreys. They won three invitational tournaments, and then won the Region 23 Division title by 15 strokes ahead of East Central.

Scarborough earned All-Region honors with two of his teammates. They then traveled to Pinehurst, N.C., for the National Community-Junior College Tournament. He finished 22nd after shooting a final-round 75 for a four-day total of 314.

Said Scarborough, “I was competitive, but I knew that I had to give it 120 to 130 percent to even attempt going to the next level with my game.”

Today, he is the head golf professional at a private golf club in Missouri where he has been since 2000.

“After I got my associates (degree) from Pearl River, I went to Mississippi State and entered the Pro Golf Management Program,” said Scarborough. “I did not play any golf there; just wanted to focus on the books. At the time, the business side of golf was of more interest to me than playing.”

He knew early on in his life that he wanted to work in the golf business, beginning as a maintenance worker at Millbrook Country Club in Picayune.

Pearl River was a rewarding time for Scarborough.

“It was the best experience I ever had,” he said. “I remember when I finished high school, I said I wasn’t going to Pearl River because I did not think I was mature enough to go anywhere. When I got there, I met a lot of great people. The school was so family orientated. Without my experience there, there is no telling where I would be today.”