Nick Faldo

Nick Faldo

Summary: Nicholas Alexander also known as Nick Faldo was born on July , is considered to be undoubtedly the best and the most successful European golfer ever with over titles to his credit. Nick always demonstrated a natural aptitude for sport, but watching Jack Nicklaus competing in the US Masters was a defining moment and inspired him to take up golf

Article Body: Nicholas Alexander also known as Nick Faldo was born on July , is considered to be undoubtedly the best and the most successful European golfer ever with over titles to his credit. Nick always demonstrated a natural aptitude for sport, but watching Jack Nicklaus competing in the US Masters was a defining moment and inspired him to take up golf.

With a set of clubs borrowed from the next door neighbors, Nick started learning golf at his local club. Within four years he was the best amateur player in Europe, winning the English Amateur Championship and the British Youth Championships in . The following year Nick took up golf professionally finishing th on the European Tour Order of Merit in and rd in and winning a European Tour event in each of those seasons. In the former year he became the youngest player to appear in the Ryder Cup at the age of twenty one. Faldo was one of the leading players on the European Tour in the early s, and he topped the Order of Merit in .

In the late s and early s Faldo was one of the very best players in the world. He won the Open Championship again in and claimed it a third time in . He also won the Masters Tournament, which is also one of golf's four major championships in and . He spent time at the top of the Official World Golf Rankings and claimed the European Tour Order of Merit a second time in . That year he had worldwide earnings of ,,, a world record.

Faldo was named the PGA TOUR Player of the Year in , and the European Tour Player of the Year in , and . He has won European Tour titles. As Faldo entered his forties his form gradually fell away and he devoted more time to off course activities. The last season that he played fairly regularly on the PGA Tour was . He refocused on the European Tour, but played less than a full schedule. His last top finish in a major to date, and probably his last of all, was tie for eighth place at the Open Championship. As of July his European Tour career earnings are just under million and his PGA Tour earnings are over $ million.

Written by David DuVal