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Ivor Robson, Golf’s Celebrated Voice at British Open, Dies at 83

NY Times | October 29, 2023

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For four decades he announced the names of players — Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and more — before they teed off. He rarely took a break.

Ivor Robson at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland in 1988. “On the tee, from U.S.A., Jack Nicklaus,” he would say in his slightly high-pitched, singsong brogue.

Oct. 27, 2023, 3:52 p.m. ET

At the British Open, a Scotsman named Ivor Robson became one of the most distinctive and revered voices in golf by saying little.

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