Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo MBE (born July 18, 1957) is an English golfer on the European Tour, and one of Europe's most successful players ever. Over his career, he has won three British Open titles and three US Masters titles. He topped the Official World Golf Rankings for a total of 98 weeks.

Tournament career

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Faldo was born in Welwyn Garden City, England. As a carpet fitter, Faldo won the English Amateur Championship and the British Youths Championship in 1975. He turned professional in 1976 and quickly achieved success, finishing 8th on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1977 and 3rd in 1978 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 1980s, and he topped the Order of Merit in 1983.

However, feeling that he needed to refine his game in order to become a regular contender in major championships (British tabloids even dubbed him "Nick Foldo" after collapses at the 1983 British Open and the 1984 Masters), he spent the mid-1980s remodelling his swing under the tutelage of David Leadbetter. His performances dropped off for a couple of years as the changes occurred, but by 1987 he was playing better than ever, and he claimed his first major title at that year's Open Championship.

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