Brian Waites obituary: The last traditional PGA club professional to play in Ryder Cup

Aged 43 at the time of the contest at PGA National in Florida, he won one and lost two of his matches alongside Ken Brown and lost to Calvin Peete in the singles as the United States secured a one-point victory.

He won twice on the European Tour and played in the Open Championship on 13 occasions, with a best finish of 19th at Royal Birkdale in 1983.

After recovering from a serious car accident which hospitalised him for three months in 1991, Waites joined the European Seniors Tour for its debut season the following year and won four times on the circuit.

Born in Bolton in March 1940, Waites spent some of his early professional years in Yorkshire.

Having worked as assistant pro in Southport, he turned professional in 1957 and four years later became the club pro at Saltburn before moving in 1965 to Brough in the East Riding.

In 1969 he relocated to Nottinghamshire and remained there for nearly 30 years.

A car crash in 1991, the injuries from which required 10 operations, threatened to be a permanent handicap but he recovered to join the European Senior Tour at its inception in 1992, and two years later won the D-Day Open at Omaha Beach in Normandy. His fourth and final senior victory was in 1998, again in France.

His first wife, Margaret, predeceased him and he is survived by his second wife, Veronica, and by two daughters.