Lydia at the gate!

Lydia at the gate!

The Morrinsville Golf Club didn’t have to get Lydia Ko’s permission to plagiarise the name of the life-sized cow that stands at the gate as a welcome to visitors. But they were delighted she approved of their cow’s name – Lydia Kow!

Four of the key personnel working tirelessly for the Morrinsville Golf Club. From left, Mark Goodman (men’s club captain), Leanne McGregor (ladies’ club captain), John Stirling (president) and Rachael Bergquist (office manager).

The colourful cow, with scenes from the course painted on one side and the course layout on the other, is the club’s contribution to Morrinsville’s street art project “Herd of Cows”. It was painted by local artist Val Ferguson and is one of more than 60 cows that adorn many street corners, parks and schools in and around the town.

A 6.5 metre cow, Mabel, stands in Thames Street as a prominent and appropriate symbol denoting Morrinsville as the self-claimed dairy farming capital of New Zealand.

Like other cows in the town, Lydia Kow is well photographed, by golfers and others – often with “little people” (and sometimes not so little people!) sitting atop.

Something else to look forward to in Morrinsville.