NARELLAN • NEW SOUTHWALES
My experiences at Camden Golf Club date back to the early 1980s when, as a teenage golfer growing up in western Sydney, myself and a few mates would play in the club’s Cup event and the occasional open day.
One particular open day four of us were in the penultimate group of the day’s competition, and the then resident club pro Chris Tickner, was playing with some members in the final group. Tickner, who played his way through qualifying into the field for the 1978 Open Championship at St Andrews, was an absolute flusher and we spent more time admiring his shots than we did watching the results of our own swings.
Tickner, who was awarded life membership of the PGA of Australia in 2011, was
