Dai Davies, R.I.P.

Lawrence Donegan salutes Dai Davies who passed away at the age of 69 and talks to many who remember him fondly.

Davies was the golf correspondent at the Birmingham Post from 1965 until 1982, when he joined the Guardian. He retired in 2004 but continued to file stories and columns for a number of magazines and newspapers. It was, as he wrote in a note to colleagues recently, a perfect career. "I have lived the life I always wanted to, working for a newspaper I always wanted to, going to lovely places around the world, populated in the main by people I would have chosen to be with. Surely no journalist could ask for more?"

Update on 2008-05-21 02:18 by Geoff

Alistair Tait remembers his colleague and "grumpy old bugger" of a friend.

Update on 2008-05-21 02:41 by Geoff

Doug Ferguson's "final word" in this week's notes column featured a Davies quote:

“I have lived the life I always wanted to, working for a newspaper I always wanted to, going to lovely places around the world, populated in the main by people I would have chosen to be with. Surely, no journalist could ask for more.” – Dai Davies, former golf correspondent of The Guardian, who died Monday.

Update on 2008-05-23 03:25 by Geoff

Michael Blair in The Guardian with Davies' obituary.

Gary Van Sickle offers his memories at golf.com.