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LONG ASHTON PROFESSIONALS Wally is held in high esteem throughout the West Country and beyond. He is the


only Professional to have been elected as an honorary member of the Gloucestershire Golf Captains’ Society. Many of the Long Ashton Senior and Lady golfers owe much to Wally’s teaching ability and he is still prepared, at 88, to give advice to all and sundry on the finer points of the golf swing. Wally was made an Honorary Life Member of the Club aſter he retired in 1967 and a presentation was made to him by the members in appreciation of his loyal and excellent service to Long Ashton Golf Club.


DENIS P. SCANLAN Denis Scanlan was born and brought up in Birkdale, near the famous Lancashire


Golf Course. He was appointed as the new Long Ashton Professional in 1967 and has given 25 years of outstanding service to the Club. In recognition of his efforts members gave him a Testimonial Dinner and presentation on 27th November 1992. Because of Denis’s popularity, this event was greatly oversubscribed consequently only 90 members were able to attend. Denis started his golfing career as a caddy and assistant Professional at Hillside in


Lancashire and he stayed there for six years and boasts that he has never had a handicap. He moved to Temple Golf Club in Berkshire to be Chief Assistant to Henry Cotton, the legendary top British golfer and the only Professional golfer to receive a knighthood. Aſter six years at Temple, Denis spent some time in Ethiopia as Professional at


the Imperial Golf Club in Addis Ababa. While he was there he was involved in the revolution which deposed the King but he hastens to add that he did not cause the revolution. Later, Denis spent seven years overseas as a golf teacher in Norway, USA and Germany. During this period he had good finishes in several British Professional Tournaments, noteably 4th in the John Player Classic in 1962 and 3rd in the Agfa Gaevert Tournament at Stoke Poges in 1963. Locally, Denis was runner-up in the West of England Professional Championship


in 1972. He won the West of England Foursomes twice at Burnham & Berrow with Arthur Milton in 1971 and 1973. In his time at Long Ashton, Denis has been recognised as one of the best


Professional Golfers in the West Region. In 1975, he was in the Great Britain and Ireland team in the PGA Cup against the American Professional Golfers. Plate 54 shows Denis in action on the first tee. Perhaps Denis Scanlan’s biggest contribution to Long Ashton Golf has


been his support and help to numerous young golfers. Most noteably to Andrew Sherborne, Kitrina Douglas and David Ray (see Chapter 5 and pages 79 and 80) but also to many good Assistant Professionals including Lawrence Farmer, Nigel Blake, Robert Scanlan and Ian Brake, who have all moved on to higher


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