In 1928 Low returned to live in Scotland, living off profits made from investments in the bull market on Wall Street in the 1920s. However, when the stock market crashed in 1929 he needed to go back to work and in late 1930 he returned to the United States and became the professional at Huntingdon Valley Country Club, located seven miles northeast of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of 60, Low qualified for the 1934 U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. In 1936, prior to his retirement years in Florida, Low and his son operated a driving range in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.