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ROUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR Gary Player

“To raise six kids with so much love and to remain so committed to your family … you don’t find a woman like that every day”

Gary and Vivienne Player’s love story spans seven decades, starting on the day a 14-year-old Gary stood on a rock in his parents’ yard in Johannesburg to see what the neighbour’s daughter looked like, until today – six children, 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren later.

But now, after 63 years of marriage and a lifetime of shared struggles, the golf legend has finally begun to ask himself when the sand in their hourglass will run out.

“At some point, the

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