Lengyel sets course record at Henderson Lake Golf Club

By Lethbridge Herald on July 31, 2024.

Submitted Photo Glen Lengyel holds his scorecard of 62 beside cart No. 62 on July 17 at Henderson Lake Golf Club.

By Justin Seward

Lethbridge Herald

Golf course records are far and few in between but is something that Glen Lengyel accomplished during a competition at Henderson Lake Golf Club recently.

Lengyel was playing in a Tony Roma’s best ball team competition on July 17 and shot a course record of 62.

Lengyel was nine under par through 11 holes before he kept running into what he termed close calls on the rest of the back nine and a challenge on Hole #16.

“I had a really tough break on 16,” said Lengyel.

“I drove … just right of the green and I was under the tree, so I made a bogey.”

Lengyel was aiming for a 59.

“I felt like I was playing good enough but then I finished par, par and yeah 62,” said Lengyel.

“It kind of felt like it could’ve been a lot better, but it was an awesome, awesome day, like that course is not like a type of course that you go super low on. So (it is) kind of cool to be in control of your game.”

Lengyel  felt he got a glimpse of what greatness can take.

“I think it’s not anything special, it’s more just like consistent effort and belief,” he said.

Lengyel says it’s a testament to life in general.

“You get dealt a lot of blows in life and then if you … keep having a good attitude of never giving up and always working hard, it just happens,” said Lengyel.

Lengyel thought the course was playing good.

“It was a pretty good scoring day,” said Lengyel.

“There was a little bit of breeze.”

Lengyel perhaps had luck on his side before he arrived at the first tee with the cart number took.

“The cart that we took, I didn’t know this until the end of the round, was No. 62,” said Lengyel.

“So I took a picture beside the cart, Cart  No. 62.”

It was only a few days later that Lengyel then won the club championship by one stroke at his member course at the Lethbridge Golf and Country Club with

“It was a crazy week of golf and (it) just kind of validated I think just my commitment to excellence and belief and good things happen when you don’t give up,” said Lengyel.

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