From humble beginnings in Scunthorpe to major championships on both sides of the Atlantic, even to a stint on Strictly Come Dancing, Tony Jacklin's life in the public eye has been long, varied and often wildly entertaining.
“We were behind but had a resolve that wasn’t there before. This is when confidence is born, when you’re digging deep and you know you’re being treated in the right way and the playing field is level.
“I was at the Belfry a few months ago, I never walk past that rooftop where we celebrated without thinking back. I remember it like it was yesterday.” There are countless ‘yesterdays’ in Jacklin’s connection with the competition, all chronicled wonderfully by the man himself and Tony Jimenez in a new book: ‘Tony Jacklin - My Ryder Cup Journey’.
Tony Jacklin, captain of Europe with team members Severiano Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Gordon J. Brand, Sandy Lyle, Brian Waites, Paul Way, Sam Torrance, Ian Woosnam, Jose Maria Canizares,Ken Brown and Bernard Gallacher during the 25th Ryder Cup Matches on 14 October 1983 at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Like the time he led Europe to a first win on American soil at Muirfield Village in 1987, and the tie with the United States two years later that kept the cup in European hands.
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