The Professional Record
Sixteen years. Four continents. Four Ladies European Tour victories. Nine professional wins in total. The Interprovincials, the New Zealand team, the trophies, the dispatches from the tour, and the life lived in between.
Tournament Golf · European Tour · Amateur Years
Every photograph and document showing Lynnette in competition — from the interprovincials and amateur championships through to the Ladies European Tour, the Australian circuit, and the US Open.
Gallery crowds at The European Open, Hole 3, Par 4 — 348 yards. Lynnette teeing off watched by spectators lined along the fairway.
National women's amateur golf champion Lynette Brooky has returned to Wellington from Auckland. Brooky, 23, will be available to play for Wellington in the Stylemaster interprovincial tournament in May.
Local, national, and international tournament achievements and placements.
Professional profile document — home club, career record, personal information.
Document outlining Lynnette's impressive amateur achievements and requesting $6,000 in financial support for upcoming international tournament participation.
Letter from Women's Golf New Zealand following the Espirito Santo tournament, tracking results and team performance.
NZ team letter regarding Queen Sirikit Cup preparations. The Asia-Pacific women's amateur team championship.
Letter from Mayor John Burke, City of Porirua, congratulating Lynette on gaining her card for the European Tour.
At the US Women's Open — Lynnette and Gail with a USGA official caddie bib visible. "21,000 people went to watch the top 150 women golfers in the world."
"Three days in an emergency care hospital ward could not stop tough Kiwi Lynnette Brooky yesterday firing a 67 at the ANZ Ladies Masters." Her parents, Frank and Margaret, had come from New Zealand for the first time to watch her play.
Full feature article from New Zealand Golf Magazine, October 2006. "Lynn Brooky has been New Zealand's best female golfer for the best part of a decade."
The full field of the AAMI Women's Australian Open assembled on the lawn. Dozens of players in summer colours — the annual gathering of the women's professional circuit in Australia.
"Yes, we know she's not Australian, but she is a member of the ALPG and a regular in this country." Full feature on Lynette Brooky in the tournament programme.
Feature article including a captioned photo of Mollymook Women's Classic winner Lynette Brooky alongside Laura Davies.
"Life on the South Coast circuit (l-r) Kylie Pratt, Lynette Brooky and Katherine Hull." The camaraderie of the Australian women's golf circuit.
Amateur Titles · European Tour Wins · Wellington Honours
The hardware. Back-to-back NZ Amateur Champion. Four Ladies European Tour victories. Wellington Sportswoman of the Year twice. Wellington Sportsperson of the Year. Each one earned on a course, thousands of miles from home.
Lynnette Brooky with a crystal trophy — a moment of pure joy after a win on the Ladies European Tour. The Lyle & Scott and New Zealand badges visible on her shirt.
New Zealand Women's Amateur Championship victory. The first of back-to-back national titles. The silver cup, the ceremony, the press coverage that would follow.
Successfully defended the New Zealand Amateur title. That same year she won the Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship and was runner-up at the British Amateur at Gullane.
The tournament scoreboard: "MELLSOP CUP · FULLERTON SMITH REGIONAL SHIELD" — with the 1992 Marilyn Smith Golfer of the Year Award visible at the bottom.
The 1993 Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship title.
"Brooky Tees Up Second Gong" — named Wellington Sportswoman of the Year for the second consecutive time, also picking up Wellington Sportsperson of the Year.
The Austrian Open win — a course record 64, thirteen under, one shot better than Trish Johnson. Hutt Golf Club highlights document from the 1998 season.
Full account of the 1998 European Tour season: Göteborgs Kex win, US Open qualifying, EDS Trophy Poland (2nd equal), Austrian Open win.
The LBGA — her teaching academy. A line drawing of a golfer, a ball marked LBGA. The career after the career.
Behind the Scenes · Travel · Sponsors · Dispatches
The side of a professional career that never made the scoreboard. The bunk beds in Scandinavia, the town squares in Italy, the King Toyota on the driveway, the handwritten faxes from Gail, and the friends who lay down in the rough to cheer her on.
Lynnette and Gail on a hillside overlooking a Spanish village and golf course. A day off between tournaments on the European Tour.
Standing in an Italian town square during the tour. The architecture, the light, the ordinary life going on around a professional golfer far from home.
The bunk beds of Scandinavia. Tour accommodation in what appears to be a converted barn or hostel — suitcase on the floor, golf bag visible. This was the reality of life on the European Tour.
Three figures with a golf trolley sitting outside an AIB Bank branch in Ireland — moments before or after a round at the Irish Open.
A wonderful supporters' group photograph — eight people lying in the rough at a links course, all grinning. Lyle & Scott jacket and Canon cap visible. The people who travelled, supported, and turned up.
A large group photograph on a Wellington golf course fairway — dozens of players assembled, with two military field guns parked on the grass behind them.
Receiving a cheque from a Canon New Zealand executive — the official sponsorship handshake. Lynnette leaning against a field gun on the Army day course, Canon badge on her shirt.
In the locker room — Lynnette tying her shoes, Canon cap on the floor. A promotional shot in a Canon blue hat. On the fairway talking on a mobile phone — appearing in a telephone betting advertisement.
Three photographs of Lynnette with her King Toyota sponsored vehicle — a bright red Corolla with "KING TOYOTA · Lynnette Brooky · Proudly Supported By" on the door.
"Lynnette Brooky. Preparation and concentration leading to brilliant execution. Clothing by Mungus." A newspaper advertisement featuring Lynnette blasting from a bunker.
A handwritten souvenir note from the Dutch Open 2004 — "Golf Game: Ton and Cocky. Rien = food + drinks!!! Kisses." Written on a Relais du Centre restaurant card from Hoofddorp, near Amsterdam.
First newsletter from Gail covering the early European Tour years — the Welsh Open, Portugal, the Dutch Open cancellation.
Gail caddying at the Irish Open (St. Margaret's), the Scottish Open (Dalmahoy), and the Welsh Open. Basics accommodation at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh.
Denmark, Geneva for the Swiss Open, and the news that Lynnette had made the field for the Evian Masters — 66 invited players, no cut, prize fund of NZ$1,000,000.
"Lynnette finished -6 at the Dutch Open — 8th place." The Dutch Open finish news alongside the update on the English Open and the Swedish Open.
Lynnette and Gail invited to Holland for an all-expenses-paid holiday. "She matched their drives off the mens' tees." The snake on the putting green in Amsterdam.
Letter to sponsors and supporters of Lynnette Brooky, April 1999. Outlining plans for US Open qualifying, European Tour schedule, and her charity work for Ronald McDonald House.
Handwritten fax from Alpega Management Limited (Gail Allport), July 22, 1993 — sent to Lynnette at the Jet Hotel in Italy during the tour.
Handwritten fax from Alpega Management to Lynnette Brooky, August 6, 1993, featuring personal news and golf updates from home.
Handwritten fax discussing sports media coverage and personal updates — sent from Alpega Management to Lynnette while on tour.
Handwritten fax from Alpega Management, featuring a personal note and a cartoon illustration. The humour that carried them through the distance.
"Lynnette is devastated" — Gail Allport's media release following the collapse of the Cloud 9 New Zealand Womens Golf Classic. Three years of work, gone overnight.
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