Celebrating 100 Years

Debbie Rix

The Cobden Golf Club will celebrate its 100 year anniversary in 2008.

A weekend of celebrations will be held on the Anzac Day Weekend.
 

DEBBIE Rix is without question the finest golfer Cobden has ever produced.

A two-time winner of the Victorian Amateur Championship, Rix represented the Garden State in the Gladys Hay Interstate Series ten times. She also won the South Australian Amateur, dominated the club championship at Cobden with eight titles and notched up a string of district championship victories.

Rix started her golf at Cobden when she was just 14. As a junior golfer, she climbed the amateur ranks quickly. Eventually she joined Commonwealth Golf Club to secure her selection in the Victorian team.

But she puts her success down to Cobden Golf Club and the support she got from her home course.

“Country courses like Cobden are such great places to play golf if you’re a junior,” she said.

“Because there’s no age restrictions, you can start very young."

“I really cut my teeth at Cobden. Playing in Melbourne allowed me to take the next step but I always knew where my home was.”

Rix said her parents had been very influential in her development. Her father Graeme and mother Betty had both held several positions on the club’s executive including past captain and president.

“We’re a golfing family and Cobden has been an important part of our lives.

“And it still is.”

Today, Rix still has a passion for golf. And while she still enjoys her golf, she admits that watching her two daughters play the game brings her plenty of enjoyment.

“I’ve got two daughters and work four days a week. So it’s a bit hard.

“But it’s nice to see my girls playing golf. “

Marli is 15 and Carre is 12.

They’re both members at Cobden and they love it.

“For me watching them enjoy their golf is wonderful. I’m sure they’ll get plenty of pleasure out of golf just like I did when I was their age.”