Player still hungry for success

GARY PLAYER turned 68 at the beginning of the month and also celebrated 50 years as a professional golfer.

Age is only a number, the overused axiom tells us, but Player is the embodiment of the cliché. He looks and acts like a man 30 years younger.

He captains the International squad which plays host to the US, led by Jack Nicklaus, in the Presidents Cup matches at the Links Course at Fairport Hotel and Country Club Estate in George, South Africa, a course Player designed.