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Women Across HOK | Rosa Cheney

I’ll be honest, I was a bit intimidated by Rosa when I first met her.  She’s only a few years my senior, but she has the confidence (and the goods to back it up) of someone with several times her experience.  Plus, she hangs out with the cool people.  Over the years, I’ve learned that Rosa is not only extremely talented and motivated; she’s nice, funny, and supremely helpful too.  I had a great time with our questions session (and every time we work together) – hope you enjoy Rosa as much as I do:

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I have been at HOK for slightly over 12 years.  HOK has been a big part of my life …

Round 1 of HOK Golf ‘Championships’

It is thought that golf first started on our fair isle – apparently the earliest known reference to golf dates to 1457, when King James II of Scotland banned golf and football, on the grounds that they where keeping his subjects from their archery practice. The ban was repeated in 1471 by James III and in 1491 by James IV for the same reason…

Luckily for us, golf is no longer banned in the UK.  If fact British golf has seen a significant increase in new players in the past two years, according to figures from Sport England to the tune of over 59,000 new players.

Some of those may include the 15 HOKers who took part in the first HOK Golf …

Archery Center / Atelier Phileas | Arch Daily

Archery Center / Atelier Phileas | Arch Daily