Golf: Low branches prove more of a barrier than old age in a golf tournament for the over-80s

Monday 14 June 1993 18:02 EDT
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Ronald Coleman, 84 years old but with a handicap of 17, negotiates an obstacle on the second hole of the Lawrence Batley tournament at the Royal Blackheath course yesterday. Unlike the inaugural event at Moortown when a player died, there were no fatalities this year. The winner was Bob Church, 82, who shot 80 with a 14 handicap

Photograph: Peter Jay

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