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‘One Love’ tributes paid to Brian Morris at Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Late Ocean View Golf Club head pro Brian Morris in action at last year’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship (File photograph by Akil Simmons)

Brian Morris’s legacy continues to live on at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

Tournament organisers, players, family and friends have all paid heart-warming tributes to the late Ocean View Golf Club head professional by donning shirts, hats and pins depicting the signature red, gold and green hearts he used to symbolise the love and affection he personified.

“One Love, we all know that’s what Brian had on his car,” assistant tournament director and top local amateur golfer Jevon Roberts said.

“He signed his messages ”One Love“ with the three hearts. That’s what he does. It was his emblem and that’s what he believed in and that’s what he lived for.

“When Brian left in January, we thought the best way that we can honour him is by putting his emblem in as many places as possible. So for all to honour Brian, we have given all the players pins so that they can wear them in his honour, and that was something that tournament director Danielle Carrera thought would be fitting for this event.

“We miss him, we are thinking about him and we know he is with us.”

Morris died in January at the age of 55 after bravely battled through his illness to fulfil his desire of competing at PGA Tour level at last year’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship, where he played alongside cousin Michael Sims.

Professional Sims, who is competing in the tournament again this year, is also honouring Morris’s legacy by sporting a hat bearing the latter’s beloved red, gold and green hearts.

“I felt like I had to do something for Brian so that he knows he's here because he wasn't so sharp last year leading into the tournament,” he said.

“I was like how can I walk around with him again on the golf course? This was the way that I thought I could do it.

“As everybody around here knows, if you were texting with Brian, he always signed off with the triple hearts, red gold, green. It was just his way of sharing love, spreading it and sometimes that's all it was.

“If he couldn't talk, if he couldn't do anything, he would send that over and you got the message.

“He exuded life. He shared a lot of love and it didn't matter if he was hard or anything on you, it all came from a place of love. He wanted the best for everybody around him. He’ll forever be there.”

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Published November 09, 2023 at 5:44 pm (Updated November 09, 2023 at 5:44 pm)

‘One Love’ tributes paid to Brian Morris at Butterfield Bermuda Championship

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