A Lakeside Golf Club Ladies team of four have won the 2019 Coronation Medal, one of NSW women’s golf’s most prestigious events.
Tracey Wood, Donna Forrest, Lyn Hall and Jan Jacka are all long standing members of Lakeside Golf Club Camden and represent the club throughout the year in ladies pennants.
They were among 200 golfers from 50 clubs across NSW that braved the blisteringly cold winds on the weekend for the chance to take home the prestigious medal.
The Coronation Medal was donated by the English Ladies Golf Union to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII and is an 18-hole stroke handicap competition for teams of four players on handicaps from plus to 20.0. It has been played since 1909.
Contested over two courses, which are determined by the previous year’s competition, the Coronation Medal is awarded to the team with the best combined aggregate of four nett scores.
This year’s comp was played at Lakeside Golf Club Camden and last year’s winning team’s home course, Randwick Golf Club.
Lakeside’s team of team of Tracey Wood, Donna Forrest, Lyn Hall and Jan Jacka finished with a combined score of 303, two shots ahead of runners up, Concord Golf Club.
It was the first time ever that Lakeside had won this competition
Wood and Forrest had an 81 and 82 nett at their home club of Lakeside, while their teammates, Hall and Jacka had 69 and 71 nett at Randwick.
“I kept thinking, don’t let the awful conditions get to you, the scores won’t be good, just keep going,” Lyn Hall said after their victory.
Donna Forrest, who was at Lakeside, added: “My thought process (after having a 9 on the 2nd hole I played) was purely, you have to hold it together for your teammates. That and nothing else ran through my mind for the rest of the day.’’
Karen Hansen, Wests Group Macarthur executive assistant to the CEO and Lakeside pro shop administrator, said: “I couldn’t believe it – we’ve never won it before, and I was just about to get going for the day, thinking it was all over, when we realised that our ladies had the win within reach.
“The ladies played incredibly well and we congratulate them on their achievement.’’
