Woodforest Girl Wins National Title
Montgomery’s Lindsey wins NCAA Division III golf tournament
Lindsey is Division III individual medalist
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Montgomery’s Lindsey wins NCAA Division III golf tournament
Montgomery’s Lindsey wins NCAA Division III golf tournament HCN Staff Houston Community Newspapers
Texas at Tyler freshman Laura Lindsey, a Montgomery High School graduate, shot a 3-over 75 on Friday to become the NCAA Division III individual medalist in the women’s golf championships in Destin, Fla.
Lindsey’s total for the four rounds of play was 296, which was four strokes ahead of runner-up Kelsey Morrison of George Fox University.
Lindsey also helped Texas-Tyler finish as the team runner-up with a score of 1,247, eight strokes behind champion Mary Hardin-Baylor. Mary Hardin-Baylor broke a 13-year stranglehold on the team championship by Methodist University.
Lindsey opened the tournament with back-to-back par rounds of 72 before shooting a 77 on Thursday.
Lindsey had a bogey and a double bogey on the front nine Friday before taking another bogey on the 10th hole. She came back with a birdie on No. 12, the first par-5 hole on the back nine. After a bogey on No. 13, she scored an eagle on the other par-5 hole on the back nine, No. 15. Lindsey also bogeyed No. 18.
Morrison closed with a 76 on Friday, but that left her at 300, four strokes behind Lindsey. Mary Hardin-Baylor’s Taylor O’Rear had a final-round score of 73 for a total of 301 in pacing her squad to the team championship.
Golf Course Damage
On the night/early morning of May 14th-15th a vehicle drove through the West Nine of the golf course. There was extensive damage to the #2 West Green and fairway.
Woodforest Golf Club is offering a $2,500 reward to any person(s) who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) involved in this heinous act.
For further information please contact Tom Martty @ 936.588.8808
New teaching areas
Woodforest Golf Club is in the process of expanding our sections for Golf Professionals to provide our members and guests with lessons. These areas will be separate from the other practice facilities and allow the Golf Professionals a more private environment for teaching. Please visit here as the progress continues. For additional information please contact one of the Golf Professionals at 936.588.8805.
Junior Academy Summer Series
Woodforest Golf Club will be conducting 6 junior camps for our Summer Series. The camps will conclude with a Junior/Parent Play Day on August 15th at 5:00 pm.
Ø Camp #1 June 10th-12th 8:00am to 10:00am
Ø Camp #2 June 24th-26th 8:00am to 10:00am
Ø Camp #3 July 8th-10th 8:00am to 10:00am
Ø Camp #4 July 22nd-24th 8:00am to 10:00am
Ø Camp #5 August 5th-7th 8:00am to 10:00am
Ø Camp #6 August 12th-14th 8:00am to 10:00am
The camps will be open to juniors’ ages of 6-13 and have a cost of $100.00 per camp. If your child is interested in learning how to play golf, this will be a great introduction to the game.
To sign up, or if you have any questions, please contact PGA Professional Jon Baacke at jon@woodforestgolf.com or 936-588-8805.
Collapsed Drain Line
On holes #5 & 17 there were collapsed drain lines some 30 foot below ground. These lines have been replaced so as to continue to provide our guests with the best golf facility in the state. The replacement of these lines required a 5-7 day process of excavating and replacement.
This excavation work is now completed on both holes.
ROAD WIDENING
Two separate mobility projects will result in the widening of FM 2978 and Honea Egypt Road over the next year. The FM 2978 project will be taken on by the Texas Department of Transportation, while Montgomery County has partnered with the Westwood Improvement District to take on Honea Egypt Road.
The Montgomery County project involves widening the portion of Honea Egypt Road from FM 1488 north to Sendera Ranch Drive. The two-lane road will be widened to five lanes.
The Honea Egypt project will soon leave the design phase, according to Craig Doyal, county commissioner in Montgomery County Precinct 2. He said he hopes to see construction start this summer.
The projects are intended to deal with traffic build-up, which has been getting worse over time, Doyal said.
“When a car tries to turn left around Sendera Ranch during peak traffic hours, everything backs up and there’s gridlock,” he said. “Just by going from two lanes to five, we can have a tremendous impact with very little construction.”
A TxDOT project will widen the portion of FM 2978 from Conroe-Huffsmith Road to Dry Creek Road from two lanes to four with a five foot shoulder.
The project left the design phase in March. A contract for construction on the 2.5-mile stretch of road is expected to be awarded in August with construction lasting approximately 20 months, according to Deidrea Samuels, public information officer with TxDOT.
Montgomery County is working with TxDOT to help with some of the preliminary work on the widening near Conroe-Huffsmith Road, Doyal said.
“We’re trying to do everything we can to move that project forward,” he said.
