Parker Set to Tee Off in U.S. Senior Golf Championships on July 29

POSTED ON JULY 26, 2010 BY BONNIE BARBER

“You only get so many chances to play in the 'majors,' especially when you're the golf pro at a 9-hole course in Lebanon, N.H., and the Dartmouth golf coach,” said Rich Parker, who is entering his seventh season as the men's golf coach.

Rich Parker, the Dartmouth golf coach since 2005, is playing in a USGA Championship for only the second time in his career. (Photo by Bonnie Barber)
On July 29, the 50-year-old will play in one of golf's “majors” for the first time in 20 years when he tees off at the U.S. Senior Open Golf Championships at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. The longtime head pro at Carter Golf Club qualified in late June for his first United States Golf Association (USGA) championship since the 1990 U.S. Open at Medinah Country Club near Chicago, where he missed the cut.
“The first time I went to the U.S. Open, I did everything wrong. I just practiced and practiced, and by the time the tournament started I was exhausted,” said Parker, a Lebanon native who has been playing golf since he was five. “I always wanted to get back to a U.S. Open. I felt like I would do it different if I ever got back.”

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