This week we caught up with Lesley Poker, who is a member at both Bendigo and Neangar Park.
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Poker has only been playing the game for a few years but like most of us, she was hooked from the moment she hit the perfect shot.
Handicap: 15.9 GA.
Home club: Bendigo and Neangar Park.
How long have you been playing: Four years.
Clubs: Driver, four and seven-wood, six, seven and eight hybrid, PW, GW, SW with a PING putter.
Favourite ball: Titleist Pro V1 Yellow.
Favourite professional: Phil Mickelson, he plays so many spectacular shots.
Favourite hole: Watching players on Augusta National's par-three 16th.
Favourite shot on the course: I love pitching from around 90 metres out from the green with my eight hybrid.
Best score: 87 off the stick at Neangar Park.
Best golf memory: Hole-in-one on the par-three first at Axedale. Didn't hit any trees or go in any bunkers, it went into the hole nicely.
Current goal: To get my handicap down to single figures.
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