Ted Ray, who won The Open just over a century ago, is one of many who did justice through words to the macabre nature of golf.

As befitted his long association with laughter, the funeral Mass of the late Hal Roach was coloured with humour.

A PAINTING by Marilyn Monroe has been auctioned off with her personal phone book with numbers for Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny and scores of other celebrities for over $150,000 (€123,000) in Los Angeles.