Horseshoe Bay Resort’s acclaimed private Summit Rock golf course played host to a friendly clash of PGA Tour and LPGA stars this pasy Oct. 28 Saturday in the scenic Texas Hill Country. Former LPGA star and Solheim Cup hero Gerina Mendoza made four birdies over the one-round, 10-hole stroke play match to lead her partner – Austinite and five-time winner on the PGA Tour Nick Watney – to victory in the fifth-annual Shootout at Horseshoe Bay Resort.
The duo outlasted their opponents – LPGA major winner Angela Stanford and PGA Tour winner and former University of Texas America Bob Estes – by a single stroke to claim the Shootout Champions’ Belt Buckles.. Stanford holed a birdie putt on the last hole of the match to bring her and Estes within a stroke of Mendoza and Watney, but Mendoza’s sharp play and a clutch birdie on the par-4 seventh hole by Watney helped them finish at five-under and claim victory.
“It was fun to play well out here with some inspiration from the crowd and getting to enjoy the beautiful conditions on this outstanding Summit Rock golf course.” Mendoza said.
2002 PGA Championship winner Rich Beem, a former Shootout at Horseshoe Bay Resort winner, was on hand providing commentary for a TV taping of the event which will air in November on Golf Life TV.
Gallery members enjoyed the tournament action up close while taking a scenic walk on the dramatic, towering Jack Nicklaus-designed Summit Rock course. Playing along towering ridges overlooking Lake LBJ and plummeting through lush valleys and primitive limestone beds, this quintessential Texas Hill Country golf course.
Previous Shootout at Horseshoe Bay Resort matches have featured some of the world’s finest golfers, including 2004 British Open Champion Todd Hamilton, PGA Championship winner Shaun Micheel, Stuart Appleby, J.J. Henry, and Austinite and longtime PGA Tour player Omar Uresti.
Horseshoe Bay Resort is one of America’s largest golf resorts and is the original Texas lakeside resort destination. It is located 45 minutes from Austin on more than 7,000 acres of the Texas Hill Country and along the shores of constant-level Lake LBJ. The AAA Four Diamond resort is the only waterfront resort in Texas and is part of the Crescent Hotels & Resorts management company’s distinguished Latitudes lifestyle hotels and resorts division. It features four championship golf courses designed by World Golf Hall of Fame members Nicklaus and Robert Trent Jones Sr,
The resort also has renovated guest rooms, suites, and multi-room units, as well as renovation of the golf courses and facilities, dining experiences, meeting spaces, and 14 tennis courts.
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Photo: Gerina Mendoza (left) and Nick Watney