There’s no stopping age-breaker Bob

OCTOGENARIAN Bob Howe didn’t break his age until he was in his mid-70s, but since then he has been doing it as regular as clockwork.

“My earliest round shooting below my age was a 74 at Mt Lawley Golf Club (Western Australia) at the age of 75,” Bob told Inside Golf after reading about Clive Austin’s feat of shooting a 67 off the stick at the age of 68.

“I certainly can’t beat Clive Austin’s feat. My earliest score equalling my age was a two-under 70 at my club, Royal Perth.”

Still, Bob can lay claim to bettering Clive’s feat of breaking his age more than 100 times.

“I’ve only had two rounds under my age (85) this year with a lot of poor golf in recent times,” Bob said. “My best was a 74 at the age of 85 on December 1 last year.  

“But my tally to date is 127 rounds under my age, with almost all in GolfLink records. I virtually only play competition golf, but occasional competition rounds with a group called ‘Alcheras’ who don’t make it to GolfLink.  

“The tally, including rounds equalling my age, is 192 since age 70.  

“Unfortunately, it has become somewhat of an obsession with me and many a good round has come to grief under the pressure of achieving the feat.”

“I enjoy reading Inside Golf at Royal Perth Golf Club, the club does a good job of distributing it to the members.”

Bob has been a Royal Perth Golf Club member for four decades, but learned to play the game as a child at Deniliquin Golf Club in New South Wales.

Prior to moving to Western Australia, Bob spent 20 years working and playing golf in Tasmania.

He is an avid Inside Golf reader and can’t wait for the magazine to arrive each month.

“I enjoy reading Inside Golf at Royal Perth Golf Club,” he said. “The club does a good job of distributing it to the members.”