As I sit here reflecting on why I created Secret Rounds Golf, a lot of thoughts run through my mind — things that have happened to me in this game, both as a player and as an outsider just watching the show.
Most of those experiences are hilarious. And honestly, that's the whole reason Secret Rounds Golf exists.
These graphics are funny because they're true — whether you're playing solo or teeing it up in a scramble tournament next to an 80-year-old man who doesn't have the strength to drive the ball 150 yards, yet somehow his team just posted a score of 21 under par. A medical miracle. Happens every Saturday.
That's where the name comes from. To this day, some things on a golf course have been done in secret so long they've become normal — and others are still being discovered, one raised eyebrow at a time.
I love the game, and I love the secrets it holds.
Especially the ones that are never told. 🤫
Meet the Founder
Mark Alexander is the Founder and President of EC&B Solutions Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned, Texas HUB-certified company he founded in 2006 in Missouri City, Texas.
Mark began his career as a Systems Administrator in the U.S. Air Force, serving in Southwest Asia and South Korea. He went on to bring his IT expertise to El Paso Corporation, Dixie Chemical, and Transocean Drilling — and to NASA, where he worked on systems infrastructure projects supporting the mission to Mars. He has also provided IT services to the Departments of Homeland Security, the Air Force, the Army, and the Justice Department.
A certified process server, Mark built EC&B's Civil Process division into the company's engine, serving Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, and Harris counties. Today, EC&B is also home to a growing family of ventures he created: Secret Rounds Golf and Secret Rounds Travel; Host City Live, a platform for bars and restaurants (with Let It Fly, its golf-course edition); Video Assistant (VOA), which brings drone footage and remote teams together in one live meeting; Evolution Performance, a sports performance training platform; and A Pinch of Us, an app that helps families save the recipes, stories, and voices that matter most.
Mark is the author of Be Sober, Be Vigilant: Battle Tested Principles to Building the Foundation of Your Dreams. He has served on the boards of the Bates Clinic and Fort Bend Connect, and as a consultant and job developer with the Houston Area Urban League.
His goal hasn't changed: build a global business that touches all seven continents — and have some fun along the way.