Two Scots and an American to lead BBC commentary in first Open Championship without Peter Alliss

[ASFN Admin]

He was synonymous with the Open Championship as a player and commentator for more than 70 years. But this week’s 149th staging of golf’s oldest major will be the first without Peter Alliss since he died aged 89 in December. The "Voice of Golf" – the last of BBC television’s iconic original team of sports commentators – will be succeeded at Royal St George’s by long-time heir Andrew Cotter, who will call the corporation’s highlights coverage alongside Ken Brown and lesser-known Ned Michaels, who

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