There’s more than a hint of impatience in the clubhouse at Tuncurry as the rain teems down outside, but Annika Rathbone is the pinup girl for “let me at it”.
It’s a rare thing for her to be sedentary this long and her bright eyes regularly dart outside hoping for a break in the savage weather that has interrupted the Women’s New South Wales Open.
She’s square through nine holes of her second round, square for the tournament and like a caged lioness, she wants out because she can sniff the top-10 on the sea breeze that’s lashing rain against the Barrington Coast.
So, this is the perfect time to pinch a few minutes of her time, to learn why she’s discernibly different to many of her peers who seem content to slink into a couch with their mobile phone and air pods.
Typically, she leaps at the chance to stay active and as she settles in for
