Chris Plumridge – Member of AGW 1975 to 2015 Christopher Harry Plumridge was born in 1944. He joined the AGW in 1975 and passed away aged 70 on 3rd April, 2015. The following AGW members pay tribute to Chris. Please go to bottom of AGW tributes for other...
Judicious Association of Golf Writers (AGW) correspondent Dick Turner has gone straight to the top of the 2015 ETIQUS Golfer of the Year title chase with his victory in Monday’s R & A Salver at St. Andrews. Dick, who has been a member of the AGW since 2009,...
André-Jean Lafaurie – The first French-born member of the AGW André-Jean Lafaurie is a sports journalist, writer and screenwriter born on November 27, 1948 and died October 21, 2014 in Saint-Jean de Luz . He...
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...
RON MOSELEY, the president of the Association of Golf Writers and the former golf correspondent of the Press Association, has died after a short illness, aged 65 Paragraph in Irish Independent – 25th March, 1993 Ron was President...
Tom Ramseu with Greg Norman. Golf writer, entrepreneur, wine connoisseur, pilot and medical marvel – Ramsey’s life (May 5, 1936 to June 29, 2011) was every bit as remarkable as the many famous names with whom he crossed paths while travelling the globe....
Doug Lowe at Mar Hall Hotel and Golf Course, near Glasgow on Monday, October 25, 2010.Doug had a fantastic day and won all the main trophies — . He won the Alex Fox Trophy as the golf writer with the most Stableford points and the Belhaven...
Jack Magowan Jack Magowan, who died at the age of 79 on April 9, 2009 the first day of the Masters, after a short illness, was a member of the Association for 42 years and a sports writer for almost 60 years. He began as a copy boy at the now defunct Northern Whig but...
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...
I regret to announce the death of Bob Sommers in late July, 200 following complications from a brain tumour. Born on Aug. 6, 1926, Bob was 81 and had been a member of the Association since 1980. Bob worked for the USGA for 25 years as editor of Golf Journal and was...
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