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“Back then I was able to get up and down from around 100
metres out about 70 per cent of the time,” he said.

Permanent employment at Australia Zoo, however – like
a single figure handicap at golf – is his goal.

“Because I don’t hit the ball very far, to score well I rely on
my short game to be spot on. And it’s a catch 22 situation,
because to score well I have to chip and putt well, and to
do that I need to play and practise more.”

“I never give up and believe that if there is a will, there is a
way,” he said.

Economics is one of the reasons he doesn’t play as often
as he would like. He moved from Western Australia to
the Sunshine Coast last year after graduating from the
University of WA, to hopefully secure work at Australia
Zoo. But that has not eventuated.
“I applied for a job there but didn’t hear back for them,”
he said. “And jobs for Zoologists don’t abound, so that has
been really disappointing.”
But one thing Cody Laskey doesn’t do is feel sorry for
himself. He has been volunteering at various Sunshine
Coast establishments including the Maleny Botanic
Gardens and Bird World, Wildlife HQ at the Big Pineapple
and Eumundi Wildlife Centre.

His mum also believed in that well-worn adage, and as a
result Cody scored a round of golf with nine-time USPGA
winner Stuart Appleby back in 2007.
“When I was 18 mum entered me into the Make a Wish
Program through the Starlight Foundation,” Cody recalled.
“My special wish was to play a game of golf with Stuart
Appleby. My wish was granted and my entire family spent
a week in Victoria with VIP tickets to all four days of the
Australian Masters.
“The day after the Masters finished I played 18 holes
with Stuart at Capitol Golf Club with just me, him and my
dad as caddy. It was an awesome time, and an awesome
experience.”

I never give up and believe that
if there is a will, there is a way.

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Cody plays off a handicap of 17 at Headland