Uncovering the Real Bobby Locke

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THE SERIES OF SHORT PIECES entitled "Bad Boy Bobby Locke" that I published on this blog last year has drawn the attention of players who remember one of the greats of the game, and also drawn the attention of Locke's extended family, an aging relative who wants to, and rightly so, correct errors in the history of South Africa's famous golfer and set (finally!) Bobby Locke's personal record straight.

John Coyne unravels decades of fiction about Bobby Locke.This close family member has gone to original military service records of which I have received proper copies. Now we have, in a well-documented, yet to be published, an…