Peter Alliss Interview
Peter Alliss interview by Sean Harrison.
Being the son of a professional golfer, did you always want to follow in your Father’s footsteps? What age did you start to play golf?
My informative years were during World War II. We lived at Ferndown, just north of Bournemouth, and although it wasn’t a heavily bombed area life was full of restrictions. My father was one of the top professionals of the day and I was swinging a club from the age of two, at thirteen I had a handicap of scratch, so no other profession entered into the equation.
Peter Alliss
Did you embrace the challenge from playing golf to becoming a broadcaster or is there always a part of you down there on the course when you are commentating?
I have had the most wonderful life and in all honesty have never planned for anything. It was in 1960 I was approached by Ray Lakeland, BBC Producer from Manchester, enquiring if I would be interested in doing some commentary at the Open championship at Birkdale in 1961. I played professionally at the highest level for a further ten years and combined the two professions.
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