Cop walks with hero on last day.A POLICE officer has told of his "dream" last day in the job - escorting Tom Watson round Turnberry. Golf fanatic PC Jim McGarry, 52, is retiring after 30 years' service with the Strathclyde force. He said yesterday: "It's pretty much the highlight of my career on my last day. "When my inspector told me I would be escorting the final pairing on the final day, I was in dreamland dream·land n. 1. An ideal or imaginary land. 2. A state of sleep. Noun 1. dreamland - a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination dreamworld, never-never land . "I am a big Tom Watson fan, and the way things have worked out in my final day of service is a dream come true." "I was a spectator Spectator, English daily periodical published jointly by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele with occasional contributions from other writers. It succeeded the Tatler, a periodical begun by Steele on Apr. 12, 1709, under the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff. at Turnberry in 1977 when he beat Jack Nicklaus Noun 1. Jack Nicklaus - United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940) Jack William Nicklaus, Nicklaus ." The dad-of-two, of Prestwick, Ayrshire, added: "I've been on the receiving end of some good-natured banter about how it's the two old guys together - me and Tom Watson." CAPTION(S): DREAM JOB: PC McGarry |
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