William Roy (Billy) Parker was born in Winnipeg Dec. 8, 1956, and made his mark on the Manitoba golf scene before moving to Edmonton, AB, where he is a physician and radiologist.
He belonged to Niakwa Country Club from 1972 to 1975, then Breezy Bend Country Club from 1978 to 1991 and back to Niakwa in 1994-95.
Parker won the Manitoba High School Championship in 1971 and 1972, the Manitoba Men’s Junior Championship in 1974 and the Manitoba Men’s Amateur Championship in 1978, 1979 and 1982. He was winner of the Manitoba Match Play Championship in 1981 and 1982 and was medalist in the match play competition in 1995. He won Manitoba Golfer of the Year honours in 1979 and 1982.
He won the Canadian Juvenile Championship and finished third in the Canadian Junior Championship in 1973 and was in the top 10 at Canadian Junior Championships in 1974 and 1975. He was a member of the Manitoba Junior team twice, in 1974 and 1975 and was on the provincial Willingdon Cup amateur team five times 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982 and 1983.
Parker represented Canada in the Junior World Championship in San Diego in 1974 where he was runner-up to Nick Price in the Foreign Division. He was captain on the Indiana University golf team in 1975-78 (team captain in 1978) and qualified to play in the NCAA Championships in 1977. In 1981, he advanced to the second round of the Trans Mississippi Championship and won the North Central Championship. He won the L.G. Belfour Award for bringing honour and distinction to Indiana University in golf in 1978.
Billy Parker is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., October 5, 2009.