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Peter Alliss, the ‘voice of golf’ after his career as champion player, dead at 89 – Wide World of Sports
Became the ‘voice of golf’ after playing career
Peter Alliss, who became the eccentric “Voice of Golf” on British television after a playing career in which he competed in eight Ryder Cups and was Europe’s best golfer for two seasons, has died. He was 89.
“Peter’s death was unexpected but peaceful,” the family said in a statement through the BBC, where he worked. It did not provide a cause of death.
Alliss won 23 tournaments worldwide in a professional career that ended in 1974 and was the Vardon Trophy winner — for the leading player on the…
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