Nick Faldo

I'll be honest — Nick Faldo is one of those golfers who makes you appreciate how relentlessly someone can reinvent themselves. He completely rebuilt his swing in the mid-1980s, practically from scratch, when most players would've just coasted on a decent tour career. That obsessive commitment paid off in a way few could have predicted: six major titles, three Open Championships, three Masters, 97 weeks at world number one. He wasn't the flashiest personality on tour, and yeah, the press sometimes had fun with that, but the record speaks for itself. Post-playing career, his work as a CBS and later Golf Channel commentator showed a sharp analytical mind, even if his delivery could be dry. Sir Nick, World Golf Hall of Famer — the man earned every bit of it the hard way.

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Name (English)

Nick Faldo

Name (Japanese)

ニック・ファルド

Reading

にっく・ふぁるど

Born

July 18, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rooster

Origin

Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom

Height

191 cm

Occupation

golfer / businessperson

University

University of Houston

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• World Golf Hall of Fame
• 1989 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
• Knight Bachelor

• Official sitehttps://www.nickfaldo.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/faldo006/
• Xhttps://x.com/nickfaldo006
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Faldo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q531520

Tags

• golfer
• businessperson

Last updated

2026-06-02

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