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Ex-managers reunite
“When I started at McLeod Golf Club in the
early 1980s, Don and Ted took me under their
wing and I’m grateful for that,” Rae said.
David Newbery
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These stories were a common theme at
the reunion and the camaraderie among the
group remains strong.
A
NYONE who thinks a group of mostly
retired golf club managers with more
than 400 years’ collective experience
are whiling away their time in rocking chairs
should think again.
Last year, octogenarian Ted Coker, the
doyen of these former golf club managers,
received a recognition award for services
to the profession from the Club Managers’
Association of America.
Recently 16 ex-managers, mostly from
southeast Queensland, descended on
Nudgee Golf Club in Brisbane for a reunion
where each regaled tales of long careers and
new beginnings.
Most have retired gracefully (or gratefully),
but a few including Ian Hepburn, Brett
Kerr, Rae Clar