A mongrel dog, Deuce, has been awarded lifetime membership in a golf club in South Wales due to his mysterious skill of finding waywardly shot balls.

Deuce returned more than 3000 balls sliced or shanked into the long grass as his owner and the club member Jim Phillis began taking him for daily walks from his house bordering the course.

To mark his abilities, Deuce has been made a member of the veterans' section although at age six he is considerably younger than the 50 years needed to qualify as a senior player.