Bermuda lost “tremendous resource in golf” with the passing of long time administrator Muriel Parker at the age of 90.Parker, wife of the late Eric Parker who was also involved in the development of golf in Bermuda for many years, served as secretary and treasurer of the Bermuda Golf Association as well as long time organiser of the popular Bermuda Goodwill Tournament before passing on the responsibility in 2001.Veteran golfer Kim Swan, fondly remembers the Parkers contribution to the sport of golf for many years.“I’m deeply saddened by the news of Mrs Parker, her passing following that of her late husband Eric a few years ago,” said Swan. “The two of them were very much a good team in golf administration, they loved the sport and gave of themselves to the sport through the administration at Belmont Golf Club where they were both members and the Bermuda Golf Association where Mrs Parker made a name for herself internationally through the administration of the BGA and the Bermuda Goodwill Tournament.“My involvement with them was very close in that I was an emerging player during the 1970s and got to know the Parkers very well. Mrs Parker was a task master and ran her tournaments efficiently, by the book and the testament to it was the number of people who used to come to our shores to play in the Goodwill from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.”The Bermuda Goodwill, now 60 years old, enjoyed its most popular years under Muriel Parker before she handed over the reigns 12 years ago. In its best years the tournament brought hundreds of golfers to Bermuda every year and was a tremendous boost for tourism during the off-season.“The people who frequented our shores for those tournaments boded well for the Island and as a player myself who played internationally, I know that being the champion of a tournament organised by the Bermuda Golf Association carried weight internationally,” said Swan.Tom Smith, who was talked into becoming secretary of the Bermuda Golf Association by Mal Gosling after retiring from the Department of Youth and Sports, worked alongside Mrs Parker who continued as treasurer after standing down as secretary.“She deserves all the plaudits in life and I give my respect to the lady,” said Smith was served as secretary for about 12 years.Even after giving up her position with the BGA, Mrs Parker continued to organise the Goodwill into her 70s. “It was her baby and was going to stay her baby, she was not giving up the Goodwill,” said Smith of Mrs Parker passion for that tournament. “She contributed a great deal to the sport of golf in Bermuda.”Added Swan: “She was secretary/treasurer, she ran the tournaments and controlled the purse ... and she ran a tight ship. I called her the other day, there was a picture on Facebook of a golfer from Riddell’s Bay and I wasn’t sure if she was Bermuda’s lady champion and wanted to confirm so I called Mrs Parker. ’Well Kim, I don’t recall,’ she told me.“She didn’t have her records right in front of her but I knew very well that if she didn’t recall then the answer was no. Based on that a tremendous resource in golf has passed on.“A lot of younger people would not appreciate the contribution she made but when I was a junior, golf in Bermuda was so active and buoyant and such an integral part of our tourism product. Their son Geoff followed in his parents footsteps and when his parents ran golf their son started running junior golf more formally.”