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Houston open officially moving to Memorial
Posted on 1/9/19 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 1/9/19 at 4:40 pm
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Houston City Council members unanimously voted Wednesday to approve plans for the renovation of the Memorial Park golf course, which will allow the PGA Tour’s Houston Open event to be held at the course as early as 2020. The vote, which occurred after a week’s delay, will enable work to begin within days on the $13.5 million renovation plan, to be funded by the Astros Golf Foundation. Renovations need to be completed and the course open for play by Nov. 1 for the Houston Open to be played at Memorial Park in 2020.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 4:44 pm to Dire Wolf
I'll be interested to see what their plan is for parking. There was a pretty big parking lot next to old Redstone out in Humble. Parking can be a problem at Memorial on random weeknights, let alone when thousands of people are trying to get onto the course.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 12:28 pm to Dire Wolf
Doak Embraces Opportunity to Create PGA Tour Course
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Despite not lengthening the course overall, the par-5 first will be become longer as the par-3 second hole moves farther south on the property. The short par-4 sixth will lose the pond and fountain currently in front of the green.
The same holds true for par-3 15th, which also has a pond and a fountain. The par-5 eighth, which currently is only 460 yards, will become significantly longer to become a true par 5. The ninth at Memorial, currently a par 4, will most likely become a par 3 in the new design by Tom Doak. To make room for a longer eighth, the par-4 ninth will be shortened into a par 3. The green on the ninth is very close to the Bush (family) Grove, which cannot be moved or encroached upon.
The par-4 18th hole, which is currently just 350 yards or so, will get another 100 yards or so in length when the tee is moved back toward where the 17th green currently is. In addition to the course, Doak's team is also responsible for designing the new First Tee facility as well as the practice areas at the course. The First Tee headquarters will go where the maintenance facility currently sits.
The maintenance facility will be relocated to another part of the golf course. As for the practice facilities, that work will come later, but included in the proposal is a two-tier lighted driving range that will increase from 54 to 80 stalls.
Before that work is started, however, the ranges, as well as the restaurant at Memorial, Becks Prime, are expected to remain open.
This post was edited on 1/10/19 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 1/11/19 at 2:33 pm to Dire Wolf
It was also announced that the green fees will stay the same once it reopens. I just can’t imaging being able to play a PGA Tour stop course for $50-$60 on the weekend.
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