Nick's golfing talents were obvious at a very early age and with a father and grandfather who were both professionals, it was a natural progression for him to follow suit in 1965. After a couple of years learning the trade of the club pro, the tournament scene beckoned and in 1967 Nick joined the European Tour.

Spending the summers here and the winters competing in the African sunshine, he quickly notched up some successes – the Southern Assistants Championship in 1967 and the Goray Championship in 1969, followed by the BUA Rising Star in 1970. Over the next few years he won the Kent Open, the Kent Professionals and the Southern Professionals Championship but the major achievements that had been predicted seemed to elude him.

In 1976 he tied the Greater Manchester Open, losing to Brian Barnes in the play-off and during the winter of 1977 claimed the Elephant Hills Classic whilst playing on the South African Sunshine Circuit.

His Order of Merit position in August of 1980 gave him automatic selection for the Hennessy Cup team when the Great Britain & Ireland team played a European side at Sunningdale – and won! The team included Nick Faldo, Sam Torrance, Sandy Lyle, Neil Coles, and Mark James and they defeated a European team fielding, amongst others, Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer. It is sad that this cap has received so little recognition.

In 1981, Nick finished 26th in the European Tour Order of Merit but for the next few seasons he struggled with his game, eventually concluding in 1984 that perhaps he should look elsewhere to earn a living. Despite finishing the year with exempt status for the following season, he decided to accept the position of Club Professional at Richmond Golf Club.

For the next few years he built up a good reputation as a teacher. He discovered that teaching others unlocked the door to analysing the mechanics of his own game and success in the Club Professionals Championship on many occasions led to appearances in the PGA Cup Teams to play the USA in 1988, 1992,1994 and 1996. By the time he became eligible to play on the Seniors Tour in 1999, he had transformed his swing and found new confidence in his own abilities. At Tour School in December of that year he finished second and his game went from strength to strength.

The title of Total Fina Elf Seniors Open Champion became his during his first full season on the Seniors Tour in 2000 and the following year he won the Lawrence Batley Seniors with a scorching last round 64. He has not finished outside the top 20 in the Order of Merit for the last four years, reaching 10th in 2002 and 11th in 2003.

Very definitely a late developer with hopefully many years of success to come!!