Maverick golfer celebrated for beating Jack Nicklaus twice in one dayWith a pipe in his mouth and a bottle of vodka in his bag, Brian Barnes, who has died aged 74 of cancer, cut a colourful, instantly recognisable figure on the European golfing circuit during his 1970s heyday.
A powerful, dashing man at 1.88m (6ft 2in) and 100kg (16st), Barnes was large in stature as well as public persona. Frequently decked out in eccentric shorts, smoking as he swung the driver or wielded the putter, he was an effervescent, maverick character who rarely pleased the golfing authorities but nearly always made the crowds happy.