Mark Wilson, First Director Of Communications At The European Tour, Died At 90

Mark Wilson

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Mark Wilson, the first Director of Communications at the European Tour and former golf correspondent of the Daily Express, has died at the age of 90.

Wilson joined the Tour in 1986 as Director of Communications having arrived from being the lead journalist at several papers and finally the Daily Express. He was the author of numerous books on golf and was the Chairman of the Association of Golf Writers from 1982-84. He then became Consultant to the Executive Director from 1990.

The following tribute was written by Mitchell Platts, who succeeded Mark as Director of Communications at the European Tour.

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