Renton Laidlaw

Laidlaw was born in Morningside, Edinburgh in July 1939.^[1] He started working as a copytaker, compiling sports results. Laidlaw then moved to the Edinburgh Evening News, working for five years as a junior reporter, before becoming a golf writer in 1962. He then moved into television and radio, becoming one of the best recognised commentators in the sport. He also presented Sport on 2 and Sports Report between 1985 and 1987.

Laidlaw retired in 2015 and latterly lived in Drumoig, near Pickletillum, Fife with his sister.^[2] He died in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee on 12 October 2021, at the age of 82. Two days before his death, Laidlaw had tested positive for COVID-19 amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[3][4]

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