Peter Alliss, who has died at the age of 89, was a former professional who became the ‘voice of golf’ and gave lessons to James Bond. Alliss went on to make eight appearances in the Ryder Cup, although he failed to contribute a point during Great Britain’s only victory, at Lindrick in 1957, during that spell. “I was nattering away, as you do, and about 10 days later a letter plopped on to the mat from a fella called Ray Lakeland at the BBC,” Alliss recalled. Speaking about his commentary style, Alliss told Golf Today in 2014: “Statistics don’t really interest me. In 1972, Alliss married his second wife, Jackie, and had two daughters, Sara and Victoria, and two sons, Simon and Henry.

Source: Irish Independent December 06, 2020 11:26 UTC