Nick Faldo
| Sir Nick Faldo MBE | |||||||||||||
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Faldo in 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Full name | Nicholas Alexander Faldo | ||||||||||||
| Born | 18 July 1957 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 13.9 st (195 lb; 88 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Sporting nationality | England | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Bozeman, Montana, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Melanie Rockall
(m. 1979; div. 1984)Gill Bennett
(m. 1986; div. 1995)Valerie Bercher
(m. 2001; div. 2006)Lindsay De Marco (m. 2020) | ||||||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||
| College | University of Houston | ||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Southern Africa Tour PGA Tour Champions | ||||||||||||
| Professional wins | 43 | ||||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||
| PGA Tour | 9 | ||||||||||||
| European Tour | 30 (5th all-time) | ||||||||||||
| Sunshine Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 6) | |||||||||||||
| Masters Tournament | Won: 1989, 1990, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| PGA Championship | T2: 1992 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. Open | 2nd: 1988 | ||||||||||||
| The Open Championship | Won: 1987, 1990, 1992 | ||||||||||||
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Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo (born 18 July 1957) is an English retired professional golfer and television commentator. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time,[1] he was renowned for his dedication to the game,[2] and was ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking for a total of 97 weeks.[3] His 41 professional wins include 30 victories on the European Tour and six major championships: three Open Championships (1987, 1990, 1992) and three Masters (1989, 1990, 1996).
Faldo has since become a television commentator for major golf championships. In 2006, he became the lead golf analyst for CBS Sports. In 2012, Faldo joined the BBC Sport on-air team for coverage of the Open Championship.
- ^ "20 Greatest Golfers of All Time (Updated)". Athlon Sports. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ Pierce, Andrew (13 June 2009). "Knighthood for Nick Faldo in Queen's Birthday Honours". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ Carter, Iain. "McIlroy v Woods: The fight to be number one". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2013.