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 We returned to Bishop Auckland in high spirits but there would be
little to cheer about in the coming years. It was to be the last win
for a team from the British Isles, although they came close in the
famous tie at Birkdale in 1969, under Eric Brown’s captaincy, which
ended with Jack Nicklaus conceding that famous two footer to Open
Champion, Tony Jacklin, after Jacklin had made a forty-five footer
at the previous hole to stay in the match. It was a gesture that
made Nicklaus a crowd favourite in Britain forever after. The US
Captain Sam Snead was not so impressed.
After seven years the time came to leave the last of the eleven golf
clubs I had served as a professional. My active career in the
profession had spanned thirty-six years, over half of which I had
spent in the North East.
I was proud to have put my name on many of the trophies won by my
brother Charles and was sad to leave, for I had happy times there.
But, as you will see later, there will always be Gadds in the North
East.
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