Shreveport-Bossier high school golfers who left the biggest legacies

Prior to a successful career at LSU and on the LPGA Tour, Duncan was a standout in golf and basketball at Byrd. She finished second in the 1997 and 1998 high school state golf championships and was runner-up in the prestigious Texas-Oklahoma junior event. She continues to give back as Byrd’s boys and girls golf coach where her teams have won multiple LHSAA state titles.

Byrd golf coach Meredith Duncan shares a moment Wednesday with state champion golfer Sydney Moss, who signed with Memphis.

5. Philip Barbaree, C.E. Byrd High School

Barbaree won just about every junior accolade available and was considered the top golf recruit in the country in 2017 before heading to LSU. He was a four-time member of the AJGA Gary Gilchrist Junior All-Star Team from 2011-14 and was named an AJGA Rolex Junior All-American four times during his junior golf career, including three honorable mention selections in 2012, 2014 and 2016 along with his first-team selection in 2015.

6. Perry Moss, Huntington High School

The best golfer to come out of Huntington and still a Shreveport resident, Moss was not only a celebrated prep and LSU golfer, he delivered championship daughter, Sydney, to Byrd. Perry was an LHSAA 4A state champion in 1986 and 1987 and the 1986 junior golf champion. He was the first state champion at Huntington in any sport and was the top five in the 1986 Junior World Tournament.

7. Ryan Alford, Calvary Baptist Academy

Alford helped lead the Cavaliers to five consecutive state titles under coach Sam Rogers before having success at Louisiana Tech. He earned an eighth-place individual finish in the LHSAA Division III state championship as a senior. He was selected to represent the First Tee of Louisiana at Pebble Beach Nature Valley First Tee Open in 2011 and he captured the Alexander AJGT Junior Boys title in 2010.

8. Jack Smith, Loyola College Prep

While Smith was a championship golfer for the Flyers, he has become one of the longest drivers in the world, achieving No. 1 in the World Long Drive rankings in 2025. His longest drive of the year went 432 yards, while he averaged 389.5 yards in competition.

Jimmy Watson covers Louisiana sports for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.

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