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POST SCRIPT:
Some records of the ‘Golfing Gadds’ that might have made it into the
books of ‘Facts and Feats’:
George Gadd:
Won the second most important event of the day, after being taken to
the 19th hole in four rounds. --
News of the World Matchplay Championship, 1922
Charles Gadd:
Won a PGA event from a field including two Ryder Cup players,
despite being severely disabled. --
Northern Professional Championship, 1930
Bert Gadd:
Won a European national championship the first - and only - time he
played on the continent. --
French Open Championship, 1933
Holed a putt that he paced out at 43 yards (approximately 130 feet),
in a Major Championship. --
The Open, St Andrews, 1933
(Bobby Jones was reputed to have holed a putt in excess of 100 feet
in winning the previous St Andrews Open, 1927. The longest recorded
putt in a major was 110 feet by Zimbabwe’s Nick Price on his way to
victory in the 1992 USPGA Championship (Guinness Book of Records)).
Won a national championship with two closing eagle threes. --
Irish Open, 1937
Won a regional tournament nine years running. --
Northumberland & Durham Victory Challenge Cup, 1950-58
Recorded the best aggregate score in a Professional Alliance seven
years running.
Northumberland & Durham Aggregate Cup, 1953-59
Regained his amateur status at the age of seventy-six, after over
sixty years as a professional. --
Ellesmere Port G.C., 1985
Won a club competition at the age of eighty-eight with a gross score
of 74 - 14 shots under his age. --Ellesmere Port G.C., 1997
(Bert Gadd’s handicap was never higher than single figures from his
early teens to his late eighties)
Remained the (joint) holder of a course record at the age of ninety
(67, Royal County Down – 1935) --
Ref: Golfer’s Handbook, 1999
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