In the aftermath of another epic Masters, Gareth Davies has delved into The Argus archives to see how golf has been reported in The Argus.

There may be more days like on the golf course in store for Bruce Forsythe after he announced his retirement from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.

In 1959 the presenter graced Sussex’s golf courses – and The Argus ran the pictures in the paper of his one basking in the sunshine.

It was stark contrast in 1967 on Waterhall golf course in Brighton as revellers swapped their par threes for super Gs.

After several inches of snow fell on the hilly course, thrill-seekers strapped on their skis and slalomed down the fairways of the course.

In April 1975, Peacehaven Gold Club became the first club in the country to elect a former professional as their president.

The evergreen Reg Matthews, then 76, worked his way from the course to the committee room having started his golfing career just before World War I.

In the same year, a golfer just starting to make his way in the game was crowned Sussex Amateur golf champion as he stormed to the title with a stunning round of 67.

Michael Jones, 18, beat John Spendlove, 18 years his senior, at Cooden Beach in a match watched by hundreds from the gallery.

In May 1975 a greenkeeper from Piltdown golf course who felt he had been wrongly dismissed returned to the course on two consecutive nights and drove across a green.

His car carved deep ruts in the eighth green and was put out of actions for six weeks.

In a statement to police, the man said he passed the golf course when driving home and stopped in a gravel car park to relieve himself.

He then got the idea of driving across the green.

Marital strength was put to the test in 1976 when two Brighton clubs had husband-and-wife captains.

At Brighton and Hove they were Pay and Pam Fry and Alan and Joyce Beddoe-Stephens were in office at East Brighton.

In 1986 a man with one leg scored a hole in one during the “6.18” golf club’s Arun championship tournament on the miniature golf course on Littlehampton seafront.

But the ace was not enough to win retired bank manager Bernard Parrott the championship as Les Smith ran away with it after he carded a score of 39.

The club was formed in 1967 by commuters to London who travelled on the 6.18 train from Littlehampton.

Mr Parrott had lost his leg 16 years previously in a motor accident and had been a member of the club for 12 years.