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Peter Alliss RIP

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  • #32
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    He was outrageously out of date towards the end - it kind of made him more charming for me. :D

    But he was probably accurate with the Zach Johnson comment. I don't know for certain, but I reckon Mr. Johnson is the main breadwinner in that household.


  • #33
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,243 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    KaneToad wrote: »
    But he was probably accurate with the Zach Johnson comment. I don't know for certain, but I reckon Mr. Johnson is the main breadwinner in that household.

    I don't think accuracy comes into in the modern world. It is about political correctness.


  • #34
    Dtoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭Dtoffee


    Absolute legend and I can honestly say it was a privilege to have been lucky enough to live through his best years when his razor sharp wit and effortless delivery made golf a sport to be watched. I doubt if we will ever see another one like him as the PC brigade would be up in arms.



    This clip is Peter having some fun ......



    https://twitter.com/i/status/1335563922728955905


  • #35
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,085 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    RIP
    This is going back a fair bit, but I actually saw him play in the RTV International tournament in Edmondstown, August 26, 1967.
    It was a tournament between England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
    Peter Alliss was playing singles against Dave Thomas of Wales, a big hitting giant.
    Peter's ball missed the green and was accidentally stopped by a small boy sitting near the green.
    I think the boy was worried that he had done something wrong, but when Alliss arrived he thanked the boy, and with a smile said he needed all the help he can get playing this big brute.


  • #36
    patob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭patob


    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    RIP
    This is going back a fair bit, but I actually saw him play in the RTV International tournament in Edmondstown, August 26, 1967.
    It was a tournament between England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
    Peter Alliss was playing singles against Dave Thomas of Wales, a big hitting giant.
    Peter's ball missed the green and was accidentally stopped by a small boy sitting near the green.
    I think the boy was worried that he had done something wrong, but when Alliss arrived he thanked the boy, and with a smile said he needed all the help he can get playing this big brute.
    Nice story. I read that Peter got his break in the commentary world when a BBC exec overheard him eloquently recalling some golfing stories when sitting near him on the on the plane home after a tournament in Ireland. He offered him a job straight away and asked Peter to join the BBC commentary team.


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