Reno will be represented at next week U.S. Amateur golf championship in San Francisco after McQueen High School graduate Trent Virden captured the Nevada State Amateur title last week in Las Vegas.
“It felt great to represent Reno, be down there and get it done,” Virden said on Friday’s NSN Tonight.
A 2010 graduate and member of McQueen’s 2008 state championship football team, Virden attempted to walk-on to Nevada’s golf team but was not given a spot. He says he used it as motivation, eventually venturing into a professional career that included five trips to the PGA’s Q-School…