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Michael Bonallack has died at age 88. He was an enormous figure in British golf as its most accomplished amateur and later the secretary of the Royal & Ancient. Bonallack won the British Amateur and the English Amateur five times each. He played in the Walker Cup nine times and was playing captain when Great Britain & Ireland won for the first time after World War II. Bonallack was R&A secretary for 15 years. He was knighted in 1998. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame two years later.
