Six-time Ryder Cup star Peter Oosterhuis dies aged 75

RIP: Peter Oosterhuis (right), who played in six Ryder Cups, has died at the age of 75 (PA Archive)

Former Ryder Cup player and much-loved television commentator Peter Oosterhuis has died at the age of 75, the PGA Tour has announced.

Oosterhuis, who topped the European Tour’s Order of Merit from 1971-1974 and twice finished runner-up in the Open Championship, had been suffering from Alzheimer’s since 2014.