'Awful news' as brave star dead 'way too early'

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The play assemblage has paid tribute to erstwhile European Ryder Cup subordinate Barry Lane, who's died astatine the property of 62 aft what's been described arsenic a "short illness".

Lane made 693 starts connected the European Tour - 4th each clip - and won 5 times betwixt 1988-2004.

He finished 13th astatine the 1993 Open Championship, won by Greg Norman. Later that twelvemonth helium represented Europe successful the Ryder Cup.

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In December, Lane, accompanied by his woman Camilla, travelled to the Legends Tour's season-ending MCB Tour Championship successful Mauritius.

Despite his illness, helium was capable to farewell his friends from the tour.

"Sweetest feline to the precise extremity and coming each the mode to Mauritius a fewer weeks ago, contempt precise sick health, to accidental goodbye to each his circuit household says a batch to his bravery and to the adjacent kindship and friendships we each signifier connected tour," wrote chap subordinate Paul McGinley connected Twitter.

DP World Tour brag Keith Pelley said Lane volition beryllium sorely missed.

"We are profoundly saddened to perceive of the passing of Barry Lane," helium said.

"To person seen specified a level of occurrence crossed some the European Tour and the present Legends Tour shows his dedication to the crippled of play and helium was a much-loved fig connected some tours.

"The renaming of the Legends Tour's Rookie of the Year Trophy successful his grant is simply a fitting tribute, and I'm delighted helium had the accidental to contiguous it successful December. The thoughts of everyone astatine the European Tour radical are with his woman Camilla, the Lane household and his galore friends passim the golfing world."

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