By John Coyne
Copyright © John Coyne. Used with permission.
SOUTH AFRICAN GOLF WRITER DAN RETIEF sent me word that in Johannesburg, South Africa, this month, the Parkview Golf Club unveiled a bronze statue of Bobby Locke as the first step of their centenary celebrations in 2016. It stands outside the clubhouse, overlooking the practice putting green.
Dan wrote in South African Golf Digest that "Locke's lengthy association with the Johannesburg club began when he won the South African Amateur and South African Open there in 1935 as a precocious 17-year-old. To this day he remains the youngest Open winner.