The golf world is mourning the passing of five-time Open Champion, Peter Thomson. Peter had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for more than four years and lost his brave battle at home in Melbourne surrounded by family at 9.00 a.m. Born on 23...
ALEX SANDERSON (Born June 12, 1932; Died February 19, 2018) – TRIBUTES FROM AGW MEMBERS Alex Sanderson, who has died, aged 85, will be remembered by many AGW members as the man who transformed our work place by modernising the scoring system so that...
There will be many AGW members sad to learn of the passing of renowned European Tour caddy, Malcolm Mason. Of course, Malcolm was not a member of the AGW but there will be so many members who, like myself, befriended Malcolm and also benefitted so much from his...
Bob Wilkinson (1942-2018) Bob Wilkinson, who has died, aged 75, was a fantastic guy and a fabulous friend of the Association. Standing between George O’Grady and Tony Gray in the All Saints Church, Norton, at his funeral on January 22, brought memories...
JOHH HOPKINS – Former AGW Chairman It had been coming. Early this month, down in Dubai, Billy Foster had given a hint. “Mussie’s not too clever” the long-time caddie said. Barely two weeks later, one of the best caddies of this or any era had gone. He was an exemplar...
GORAN ZACHRISSON (AGW President) It was at Hoylake in 1967 when we had dinner with Ken Bowden. Ken was the Editor of Golf World, John was an expert on the golf swing for the paper and I was a friend of both. John was, for a while a consultant to the...
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