Happy 120th Birthday, PGS!

Pic by Jonny Bramley

The 120th anniversary of the Press Golf Society was marked in fine style, appropriately at a pub both older than the society and just yards away from where it was founded.

That grand dame of press watering holes, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street, hosted 31 PGS members to an excellent lunch in the old style, the whole event being imaginatively conceived and curated by Nic Brook.

The Captain of Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Alastair Machray, regaled the hacks in attendance brilliantly with tale tales and one-liners; he has a new career waiting as a stand-up, should he wish.

So, the journalists present were a little concerned when one of their own, Chester Stern, took the floor as the day’s final speaker.

There was no need to worry; Chester was both funny and charming, recalling the excesses of Fleet Street’s golden era and explaining ‘what a proper lunch was like back in the day.’

After the event, Nic said: ‘It was just lovely to celebrate 120 years of the golfing society that we all love, just yards from where it all began, Thank you to Alastair and Chester for their brilliant speeches and to everyone for getting along. It really was great fun! Happy Birthday PGS.’

Nic has already marked his diary for five years time and promises and even bigger event for the Society’s 125th birthday!

Apparently, even our friends from the APG in France were impressed:

And some pics from the day:

Pics by Jonny, Evan & Nic