Gary Player was striding through an airport recently. He does that a lot. By now, he figures he’s up to 16 million air miles and this being Player, he reckons it is a world record. This being Player, he might even be right.But that is not the point. It’s to do with a conversation he had when he was there, in his latest chapter as an 87-year-old widower ‘trying to find a girlfriend who will have me’.There is a deep sadness in part of that tale, but he rather enjoyed one of his chats as he cleared customs in Cape Town. ‘I met this lady,’ he tells Sportsmail. ‘She goes to me, “Gary, you’re looking so young”. I said, “Yes, and I’m feeling strong”.
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