Alan Booth. (Photo taken in 2009 and thank you to Matt Adams, Group Editor, Hertz Advertiser & Cambs Times – February, 2021) Tribute by Alistair Tait (Golf Week) – January 20, 2012 Alan Booth was laid to rest in a small, simple ceremony two days...
Dai Davies – 22 October 1938 – 19 May 2008 There was a wonderful turn out of members to support Patricia and the family at Dai Davies’ funeral at St Michael’s Church, Boldmere and afterwards at Whittington Heath Golf Club. This was despite a number of...
Dudley Doust John Hopkins writes: Those of you who remember Dudley Doust, the enquiring and engaging American who was the golf correspondent of The Sunday Times immediately after the great Henry Longhurst until I took over in the autumn of 1980, may not have seen...
Frank Butler, a great all-round sports writer and editor who often appeared on the golf scene, died on the New Year weekend following a fall at home in Chislehurst. He was 89 and leaves three sons and a daughter. He was elected a member of the Association in 1958 and...
January (2004) proved a cruel month for the Association with the loss of our two longest serving members. Following the death of Stan Lincoln, and just days before Stan’s funeral, his friend John Baker also passed away. John was 93 and died at home in Worthing. His...
NB – Extensive AGW tributes to Bill still to be added. Bernie Feb, 2021. Bill Blighton, who covered the PGA Tour for several British newspapers, died Tuesday 31st January, 2001 of a heart attack. He was aged just 54 reported ‘The Golf...
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