GASTON BARRAS PASSES AWAY Swiss golf is in mourning. Gaston Barras, the one nicknamed “Mr. Golf”, died of a short illness this Sunday, March 7, 2021, a few months before his 90th birthday. A sad note to lead on with the passing of Gaston Barras....
Wishing all members of the AGW very best wishes for 2021 and in this year of the ox. Here’s also hoping also we can put the sadness of 2020 behind us and enjoy a year of some normality including celebrating our annual dinner in July at Royal St. George’s, join our...
A Message From AGW Chairman, Martin Dempster It seems strange to have arrived in December without seeing so many of our members at all this year due to Covid-19 having hit all our lives, both personally and professionally. Even for me, an eternal optimist, it has been...
1938-2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 BULLETIN Dear Members, There have been so many uncontrollable firsts this year and one of those, and following the cancellation of The Open, sadly was not being able to host...
It was the AGWs enormous pleasure again to arrange for the despatch of the now famed AGW Christmas hampers to our ‘senior’ members along with those dear friends to the AGW during the recent 2022 Christmas Festive Season. Once again, it is the thank you...
Ian Riach was aged 85-years when he passed away in January 2023 and having been born in 1937, a year prior to the AGW was founded. His wife Irene indicated Ian passed away two months shy of their 60th wedding anniversary. Ian joined the AGW in 1987 meaning...
John ‘JP’ Paramor – Born 1955 & passed away 2023 On Friday 17th of February, 2023 the golf world lost a great friend in John ‘JP’ Paramor. Just over two years into his retirement and the former long-term DP World Tour Chief Referee...
It is the nature of newspapers to lionise one of our own on the occasion of his or her death, and far too often deceased practitioners of the journalistic trade are referred to as legends. In the case of Norman Mair, however, it seems the only appropriate word to use....
Golfing legend Annika Sorenstam has added another chapter to her illustrious career in accepting an invitation to become a first woman vice-president of the Association of Golf Writers (AGW). Across her career, the Swede has won 10 majors and over 90 professional...
Rory McIlroy’s sparkling season has just got better with confirmation he has been honoured by the Association of Golf Writers (AGW) as its 2022 Golfer of the Year. It is a record-equalling fourth occasion that the Northern Irishman has been honoured with the...
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