The tribute added that Mr Howlett was a keen single-handicap golfer and was a member of Parc Golf Club in Coedkernew, Newport.

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Not coincidentally, my shots grew less and less accurate, and my handicap, which had been in the single digits well into my 60s, climbed into the high teens.

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