Nick Faldo

Nicholas Alexander Faldo , generally known as Nick Faldo (born July 18 1957 in Welwyn Garden City) is an English golfer on the PGA European Tour. He is one of Europe's the most successful golfers. Faldo turned professional in 1976.

He has won six golf majors: The Open Championship in 1987, 1990 and 1992, and The Masters in 1989, 1990 and 1996.

In 1977, Faldo became the youngest player to appear in the Ryder Cup. In total, Faldo has represented the European team a record 11 times in the Ryder Cup. Having won 23 of his matches, lost 19, and halved 4, he also holds the record for having played the most Ryder Cup matches.

Faldo was named the PGA TOUR Player of the Year in 1990, and the European Tour Player of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 1992. He was the PGA European Tour Order of Merit winner (also known as the "money list") in 1983 and 1992. He has won 30 European Tour titles. His European Tour career earnings, as of June 2004, are €7,783,939, placing him 13th on the all-time list.

In 1996, Nick launched the Faldo Series to encourage young golfers and give them some experience of top level competition.

He is currently married to his third wife Valerie and has 4 children, Natalie, Matthew, Georgia and Emma Scarlet.

He was awarded the M.B.E in 1998.

Nick is reportedly Britain's richest sportsman [1] (http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news99/faldo2.html) and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1989. He has been elected to captain the European Ryder Cup team in 2008.

Tournament wins

PGA Tour

• 1984 Sea Pines Heritage
• 1987 The Open Championship
• 1989 The Masters
• 1990 The Masters, The Open Championship
• 1992 The Open Championship
• 1995 Doral-Ryder Open
• 1996 The Masters
• 1997 Nissan Open

Major championships are shown in bold. The PGA tour did not recognise The Open Championship as an official event until 1995, but in 2002 it retroactively recognised all Open Championship wins as PGA Tour wins.

European Tour

• 1977 Skol Lager Individual
• 1978 Colgate PGA Championship
• 1980 Sun Alliance PGA Championship
• 1981 Sun Alliance PGA Championship
• 1982 Haig Whisky TPC
• 1983 Paco Rabanne Open de France, Martini International, Car Care Plan International, Lawrence Batley International, Ebel Swiss Open-European Masters
• 1984 Car Care Plan International
• 1987 Peugeot Spanish Open, The Open Championship
• 1988 Peugeot Open de France, Volvo Masters
• 1989 Volvo PGA Championship, Dunhill British Masters, Peugeot Open de France
• 1990 The Open Championship
• 1991 Carroll's Irish Open
• 1992 Carroll's Irish Open, The Open Championship, Scandinavian Masters, GA European Open
• 1993 Johnnie Walker Classic, Carroll's Irish Open
• 1994 Alfred Dunhill Open

In total, 27 official wins including three Open Championships which are also included in Faldo's PGA Tour win tally. The European Tour did not begin to recognise the three U.S. based majors as part of its schedule until 1998, two years after Faldo's last Masters victory.

Other professional tournaments

• 1979 ICL International (South African Tour)
• 1989 Suntory World Match Play Championship (England - not an official European Tour event at that time)
• 1990 Johnnie Walker Classic (Asia - the European Tour first sanctioned this event in 1992)
• 1992 Toyota World Match Play Championship (England - not an official European Tour event at that time), Johnnie Walker World Championship of Golf (Jamaica - unofficial event)
• 1994 Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa - unofficial event)
• 1998 World Cup of Golf (with David Carter)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	40
U.S. Open	DNP*	DNP*	DNP*	DNP*
The Open Championship	T28	T62	T7	T18
PGA Championship	DNP*	DNP*	DNP*	DNP*

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	T20	T15	T25	DNP	DNP	T30	1
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T55	DNP	DNP	DNP	2	T18
The Open Championship	T12	T11	T4	T8	T6	T53	5	1	3	T11
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T14	CUT	T20	T54	CUT	T28	T4	T9

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	1	T12	T13	T39	32	T24	1	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	T3	T16	T4	T72	CUT	T45	T16	T48	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	1	T17	1	2	T8	T40	4	T51	T44	CUT
PGA Championship	T19	T16	T2	3	T4	T31	T65	CUT	T54	T41

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Masters Tournament	T28	CUT	T14	T33	CUT	WD
U.S. Open	7	T72	T5	CUT	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	T41	CUT	T59	T8	CUT
PGA Championship	T51	T51	T60	DNP	T49

DNP = did not play
DNP* = probably did not play, but unconfirmed
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup (representing GB & Ireland / Europe): 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners), 1989 (tied match and retained trophy), 1991, 1993, 1995 (winners), 1997 (winners). 2008 (non-playing captain).
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1985, 1986, 1987 (winners), 1988, 1991, 1993
• World Cup (representing England): 1977, 1991, 1998 (winners)
• UBS Cup: 2001, 2002, 2003
• Double Diamond: 1977
• Four Tours World Championship: 1986, 1987, 1990
• Hennessy Cognac Cup: 1978 (winners), 1980 (winners), 1982 (winners), 1984 (winners)

See also

• Golfers with most major titles
• Golfers with most European Tour wins

External Links

• Nick Faldo official website (http://www.nickfaldo.com)
• Profile on the European Tour's website (http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlayerNo=53)
• Profile on the PGA Tour's website (http://www.pgatour.com/players/bio/132005)
• Profile on about.com (http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/nick_faldo.htm)
• Golf Stars Online (http://www.golfstarsonline.com/F/Nick_Faldo/) - links to features and profilesfr:Nick Faldo

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