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Gordon
G. Simmonds is the author of the best-selling history of the
Walker Cup, The Walker Cup, 1922-1999, Golf's Finest Contest
and has been writing about golf and golf history for several
years, with over one million published words to his credit. To
accompany his best-selling book, Gordon has also established a
web site dedicated to Walker Cup history -- www.walkercuphistory.com.
Besides
creating and producing the ALL A-Round Golf television series
and now DVD, Gordon is the founder and managing director of a
successful sports marketing consultancy business, advising a
number of international corporate clients on the marketing of
their products and services through golf.
As
a golfer, Gordon has played the game competitively and socially
all over the world from a low single figure handicap. In the
early 1980s he was a leading member of the University of
Aberdeen team that won three consecutive British Universities
championships, and also captained the Scottish Universities team
against the English Universities. A great enthusiast of the
amateur game, and the amateur ideal, he is a member of the Royal
and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Royal County Down, Gullane
and Woking.
Gordon
was born in Scotland in 1961, and graduated from the University
of Aberdeen in 1982. A Scots and English qualified lawyer, he
has worked in Edinburgh, London, Hanoi and Singapore, where he
now lives.
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