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Golf shot cleverly managed by old people (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goths

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'golf shot cleverly managed by old people' is the definition.
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'golf shot cleverly' is the wordplay.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'cleverly' indicates an anagram (a clever or tricky version of the letters).
'shot' anagrammed gives 'oths'.
'g'+'oths'='GOTHS'

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(Other definitions for goths that I've seen before include "Tribesmen who brought down the Roman empire" , "Ancient Germans who gave their name to a style of architecture" , "Germanic invaders of Roman empire" , "Rome's Germanic invaders" , "A Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire" .)

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