Ryder Cup legend Panton dies aged 92

FORMER British Ryder Cup player John Panton has died aged 92.

Panton, who was the oldest surviving Ryder Cup star, represented Great Britain and Ireland in the competition on three occasions, in 1951, 1953 and 1961.

The Scot, who was born in Pitlochry, Perthshire, in 1916, won the British Match Play Champion- ship in 1956 and finished fifth in the Open Championship the same year.