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GOLF: Old timers rage against dying of the light; The Seniors' Tour is more than a chance to top up the pension, says Golf Correspondent.(Sport)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20030726
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Byline: Michael Blair

Oliver Goldsmith, long ago, declaimed a love of everything old: 'old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.'

He didn't mention old golfers but he might have if the game had been invented long enough for there to have been any.

Today, the game is densely populated by old golfers. You have to be careful of how you define 'old,' of course but the last lot of statistics that I saw indicated that the fairly large majority of golf's adherents had advanced beyond 50 years.

But is 50 old? Go along to Carden Park next Thursday and take ...

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