Two friends have reunited at Wentworth Golf Course to complete a game of golf cut short more than two years ago – when one had to save the other’s life.

Bill Fisher, 66, was visiting the UK from Australia in August, 2014 and was playing against his friend Ross Wilson, 68 when he suffered a cardiac arrest halfway through the game.

Mr Wilson, of River Gardens, Bray, performed life saving CPR on his friend – a skill he learned through his St John Ambulance work training.

Mr Fisher was operated on just 20 minutes after leaving the golf course and made a full recovery.

On Friday, January 27 the two men – with their respective sons in tow – had an emotional reunion at Wentworth Golf Club, in Virginia Water when they took to the course to complete the ill-fated game of 2014, which had started many miles away in Chaldon golf course.

The father of two, who has been married to his wife Carolyn for 45 years, said: “Saving Bill’s life was an experience I’ll never forget and I will be forever grateful to St John Ambulance for giving me training to do so.

“I’m often reminded of the experience but none more so than when I receive a thank you card from Bill and his wife every year on the anniversary of the attack.

“Nothing gives me greater pleasure then extolling the virtues of St John Ambulance training and I take every opportunity I’m offered to deliver the message.”

Mr Wilson had completed a St John Ambulance emergency first aid course at work. He carried out chest compressions on his friend back in 2014 until paramedics arrived. Unconscious and in a critical condition, Mr Fisher was taken by air to the specialist coronary unit it St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London, where he was operated on to treat a blocked artery.

Three days before the game, Mr Fisher, his family and Mr Wilson visited Redhill Aerodrome to meet Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance staff.

Critical care paramedic, Lewis Allam, had helped treat Mr Fisher after the ill-fated Chaldon game and was present at the air ambulance reunion.