GOLFING fan and great-great grandfather Bill Light from Parkstone has died aged 104.

After becoming a golf caddy aged eight, William Light, known to loved ones as Bill, caught the golfing bug and spent a lifetime on the courses in Dorset in his spare time.

He grew up on a smallholding in Corfe Mullen, which he returned to after serving in the RAF during the Second World War, before changing career to work as a builder.

Mr Light would go and play golf in Broadstone at 6am every Sunday for around 80 to 85 years, according to his daughter, Cynthia Turner, who spoke to Daily Echo in September 2011 on the occasion of her father's 100 birthday.

At the time she said that Mr Light still enjoyed the sport twice a week, despite being a centenarian and having to use a buggy to get around in later years.

He celebrated his special birthday with a round of his favourite past-time at Sturminster Marshall Golf Club, for a party joined by family and friends.

Mr Light had never learned to drive and instead got a lift from his friend, Ted West every Monday and Thursday to the golf course, whose late father was a greenkeeper and a regular golfing partner of Mr Light.

He enjoyed a long and happy marriage spanning over seven decades to his wife, Mabel.

The family included their daughter, Cynthia, and her partner, John, and their son, Michael and partner, Linda, six grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

Mr Light credited reaching the age of 100 down to having a glass of red wine with his lunch every day, a whisky at night and being well looked after by his wife, Mabel.

He died on October 15 and his funeral was held yesterday at Poole Crematorium.