Bobby Locke, golfing legend

Madam, - I read with great interest and more than a little sadness Tom Humphries's account of the great career and sad end of…

Madam, - I read with great interest and more than a little sadness Tom Humphries's account of the great career and sad end of the South African golfer Bobby Locke (Locker Room, July 16th.

One detail not mentioned was that the last amateur trophy won by Bobby Locke was the Irish Open Championship at Royal Dublin in 1936. The silver salver won by him is still on display in the Royal Dublin Golf Club trophy cabinet. - Yours, etc,

FRANK J. HUGHES, Offington Court, Dublin 13.