The 2004 New Year was touched with sadness at the passing of Stanley Lincoln, a member of the Association for 50 years. Stan was aged 89 and passed away in a nursing home in Watford after a long illness. Our sympathies go to his widow, Florence, son, Peter, and three...
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...
Jeff Kelly, who was a member of the Association since 1994, has died following a brave and dignified battle with cancer. He was 58 and is survived by his wife, Anita, and son, Christopher, to whom we have sent condolences. The funeral took place on Friday 16 May, 2003...
Henry Thornberry, known as Paddy was born Jan. 16, 1926 and died in New York on 21st July, 2002 on the final day of that year’s Open Championship, at the age of 76. Paddy was a regular on the golf circuit while working for UPI in the 1960s. He was born in Dublin,...
Roy Ullyett (1914 – 2001) (Photo by in 1975 by Angela Deane-Drummond/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Roy Ullyett, one of the most popular and distinctive sports cartoonists of his generation, died on 20 October, 2001 aged 87. His professional...
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...
Percy Huggins – A founding member of the Association of Golf Writers.(Photo – Thank You to Mike Harris/Golf Monthly) PERCY HUGGINS died aged 87 on 16th October, 2000 and was the voice of radio golf commentary in Scotland for a quarter of a century, and...
William John Camkin, MA (23 June 1922 – 19 June 1998) was an English journalist, football, business and sports administrator. Camkin was born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, the son of Bill Camkin and Helena Ethel Holder. His father was managing...
La Jolla resident Fred Tupper, who covered 13 summer and winter Olympics for the New York Times and was a renowned tennis and golf writer, died Thursday 18th December, 1986 in an El Cajon convalescent home after a long illness. He was 75. A London-based executive with...
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