Holguin learned the game of golf while growing up in San Antonio, Texas during the Great Depression.

In 1957, Holguin tied Arnold Palmer for third place in the Texas Open.

At the opening round of the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am in January 1954, Holguin set the course record of 63 at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club, now known as its Dunes Course.

[3][4] Holguin was the spokesman for Fairwinds, a failed development that included a Holiday Inn and future golf course.

A golf course was built after the development failed, which became Balmoral Woods CC.