Tributes have been paid to a former Dundee art teacher who collapsed and died while playing the game he loved on the Championship Course at Carnoustie.
Jimmy Graham (82), a past captain of Caledonia Golf Club, suffered from angina and had complained of being unwell during a game with three friends on Saturday afternoon.
Despite the best efforts of his companions to get him to take a break, he continued playing only to collapse at the 14th tee shortly before 4pm.
An accident and emergency consultant, who was playing at an adjacent hole, rushed to his aid and performed CPR until an ambulance crew arrived.
Unfortunately, their efforts were in vain and Mr Graham who taught at Monifieth High School, Grove Academy and Linlathen High School was pronounced dead at the scene.
Last night at the family home in Broughty Ferry, his daughter Linda said she and her mother Margaret were struggling to come to terms with their loss.
However, she said Mr Graham, who had been born and raised in Carnoustie and moved to Dundee later in life, had died doing what he loved.
She said, “He played golf his whole life. He ate, slept and breathed it. It was his life.”
Current captain of Caledonia Golf Club, David Barclay, said Mr Graham would be “sorely missed” by all of his golfing friends.
Mr Barclay, of Arbroath, added that Mr Graham had been heavily involved in all aspects of the club’s upkeep and had been made an honorary member for his continued contributions.
He said, “I knew Jimmy very well, he was a top guy. I think if he could have picked for this to happen anywhere, it would have been the golf course.
“I know that his friends were trying to tell him to have a break but he was a very determined gentleman and wanted to carry on.
“He was one of these guys who you could just go to if you needed anything done.
“He’ll be a huge loss to the club. He has done so much for us over the years and that’s why he was made an honorary member.”