"The story of Jones and Barter is extraordinary."
/With so much talk of musical instructors and swing change gurus, the story of Gary Barter and Matt Jones is indeed an extraordinary one. (If you watched the coverage you saw Barter on the putting green with one of his many pupils in contention Sunday at The Australian.)
Mark Hayes goes into great detail on the partnership that long dreamed of winning the Australian Open, and that has remained together since Jones was a 15-year-old new pupil of Barter's.
Jones, who had his first hole-in-one aged six at Kareela Golf Club in Sydney’s southern suburbs, was introduced at age 15 when his mother Vicki’s catering business had cause to serve Nicole Barter’s law firm.
“They would bring Vicki in to make some food for the meetings and she’s a fabulous cook and it just came from there,” Gary Barter recalled.
“Matt’s mum said to my wife, ‘Can I get my son to get a golf lesson from your husband?’.
“Brett (Matt’s brother who played this week) gets forgotten and he came out as well. They lived about five minutes from our home and many nights Matt would be in my garage hitting balls."