The three day Horseshoe Bay Round Up Women’s Division was an exciting nail bitter. HSB Resort Golf Tournament Coordinator Holly Jenkins said, “Play was fabulous across the board, and everyone seemed to have a fantastic time. Several scores improved by 10 or more strokes compared to previous scores, which is absolutely amazing.”
Lynn Bishop, Jennifer Hoyt, and Leslie McCallick have won the Club Championship multiple times. Playing in a threesome, Bishop and Hoyt were tied going into the final round with McCallick trailing only a few strokes behind. It was anybody’s game! Through 15 holes on Slick Rock Golf Course, Bishop and Hoyt were even. Then Hoyt went one up on 16 and one up on 17, leading to a bogie by Hoyt on 18 and a par by Bishop. Hoyt won the down to the wire tournament by one stroke and is the 2020 HSB Resort Club Champion. Bishop was awarded 1st Low Net, McCallick captured 2nd Low Gross, and Brandie Gibson won 3rd Low Gross in the Championship Division.
In the First Flight, Fran Creighton took 1st Low Gross, Steph Basey took 2nd Low Gross, and Susan Kuklinski took 1st Low Net.
In the Second Flight, Paula Lanehart was 1st Low Gross, Donna Shafer was 2nd Low Gross, and Cathy Burgess was 1st Low Net.
Hoyt said, “It is always a pleasure to play with such wonderful friends, and we got around the course in three hours and ten minutes!” This was Hoyt’s fourth consecutive HSB Club Championship victory.
Bishop said after the tournament, “We all played hard for three days, grinding it out, and had a lot of fun in the process. It was great to have many of our friends out following our play and cheering us on.”
Hoyt first learned to play golf as a kid in Duncan, Oklahoma, at a city sponsored summer camp program. Her teacher was a former World War II prisoner of war named Bill Shelton. Shelton was a golfer before enlisting in the Army Air Corp in 1942. His B-17 was shot down on their 25th and last mission in 1944. While imprisoned in Germany, Shelton worked on his golf game both physically and mentally. After returning from the war, Shelton was a golf professional until he lost his sight in 1984, but despite his loss of vision, Shelton became an active teacher in the Duncan Youth Council Golf Program.
Hoyt says as an adult her golf game elevated to a whole new level under the guidance of Jerry Cozby. “Jerry taught me that golf is very different that swinging a club. He made sure my fundamentals were good and then 80% of our time was spent on the mental game and strategy. Every competitive round I play, Jerry’s voice is still in my head.” The legacies of great coaches live on through their pupils.
