Is nick faldo classed as an all time great ?
he has won 6 majors ( i less than palmer ) has had 43 victories world wide , was a ryder cup player just 6 years after taking up the game and holds the best ryder cup record on either side of the atlantic . surely this makes him one of the greats of our generation ??
Answers:
Arguably Yes.look at the last round of the Greg Norman's epic collapse at the 1996 Masters and Nick Faldo shooting a cool 67 to win by 5 strokes. 3 Masters victories and 3 Open Championships = 6 Majors, which is a great golf career!
Not winning a U.S. Open could be fodder for the nay sayers, but Nick played more Internationally than most European players these days.
Absolutely agree. His biography is well worth the read. He had the reputation of being a bit of an iceman while playing, and this didn't make him so popular with the crowds. But still one of the greats.
i agree i have his autograph i served him at wentworth PGA glof championship great man.
yes he should be
I think he would be considerd as the all time player! But then again you have to think of older players as the equiptment wasn't as easy to play with then! It was much harder to shoot those scores then! I think he would still be considerd for this side of the Atlantic! But as i said you have to consider those older players like Sam Snead they have to use the old wooden clubs so it would have been much harder to do so. Owell thats my opinion!
He's still a great player though!!
(Happy Golfing people!!)
Absolutely.
His great performance in the 96 Masters was overshadowed by Norman's collapse. He rebuilt his swing under the guidance of Ledbetter before it was popular.
Winning six Majors certainly supports his candidature as an all time great. He also contended, and probably should have won, the USPGA and Open during his best years in the early nineties. He was the first player to ever win one million pounds in a season and still holds the Ryder Cup points record. He didn't even take up the sport until his teens and his last tournament victory occurred before his 40th birthday, so he achieved all of this is in a very short time in golfing terms. His Masters victory over Norman in 1996 was arguably the most thrilling comeback ever seen in the sport, but it also marked the end of his period of dominance. My guess is that if golfing equipment hadn't reduced the importance placed on shot-making then Faldo would have continued to win a number of tournaments post 1997. Certainly his divorces and the fact that he really became a part-time player over the last few years minimsed the impact that he could make as well, but he was still able to compete on courses where length off the tee was less of a factor in determining who won. He nearly won a fourth Open as recently as 2003, but I doubt he will ever contend again as he approaches 50 and commentates on tournaments more often than he plays in them.
I don ´t think so. An «all time great» has to equal Tom Morris jn. Vardon, Hagen,Jones, Snead, Hogan, Nicklaus, Woods. He is there with J.H. Taylor, James Braid, Henry Cotton, Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player,Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, who with the exception of Palmer need the first name; well nearly!
Yeah, Nick's fine. He's in an elite class. He had to deal with the UK's tabloid press for years (don't those rats ever let up?) calling him "Foldo" and the like. I'm very glad to see running the European side in 2008. He'll give an already exciting contest more excitement. (As will Paul Azinger)
So, in short, Nick Faldo has had a great career.
Sure, he's had an exceptional career as you already know.
For sure, well said.
Of course it does we have not produced anyone like him since and we probably never will. Colin Mongomerie is a close second but that is all he ever will be second to Faldo. we have a living legend and we should appreciate what we have for as long as we have it. What ever it may be!!
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Answers:
Arguably Yes.look at the last round of the Greg Norman's epic collapse at the 1996 Masters and Nick Faldo shooting a cool 67 to win by 5 strokes. 3 Masters victories and 3 Open Championships = 6 Majors, which is a great golf career!
Not winning a U.S. Open could be fodder for the nay sayers, but Nick played more Internationally than most European players these days.
Absolutely agree. His biography is well worth the read. He had the reputation of being a bit of an iceman while playing, and this didn't make him so popular with the crowds. But still one of the greats.
i agree i have his autograph i served him at wentworth PGA glof championship great man.
yes he should be
I think he would be considerd as the all time player! But then again you have to think of older players as the equiptment wasn't as easy to play with then! It was much harder to shoot those scores then! I think he would still be considerd for this side of the Atlantic! But as i said you have to consider those older players like Sam Snead they have to use the old wooden clubs so it would have been much harder to do so. Owell thats my opinion!
He's still a great player though!!
(Happy Golfing people!!)
Absolutely.
His great performance in the 96 Masters was overshadowed by Norman's collapse. He rebuilt his swing under the guidance of Ledbetter before it was popular.
Winning six Majors certainly supports his candidature as an all time great. He also contended, and probably should have won, the USPGA and Open during his best years in the early nineties. He was the first player to ever win one million pounds in a season and still holds the Ryder Cup points record. He didn't even take up the sport until his teens and his last tournament victory occurred before his 40th birthday, so he achieved all of this is in a very short time in golfing terms. His Masters victory over Norman in 1996 was arguably the most thrilling comeback ever seen in the sport, but it also marked the end of his period of dominance. My guess is that if golfing equipment hadn't reduced the importance placed on shot-making then Faldo would have continued to win a number of tournaments post 1997. Certainly his divorces and the fact that he really became a part-time player over the last few years minimsed the impact that he could make as well, but he was still able to compete on courses where length off the tee was less of a factor in determining who won. He nearly won a fourth Open as recently as 2003, but I doubt he will ever contend again as he approaches 50 and commentates on tournaments more often than he plays in them.
I don ´t think so. An «all time great» has to equal Tom Morris jn. Vardon, Hagen,Jones, Snead, Hogan, Nicklaus, Woods. He is there with J.H. Taylor, James Braid, Henry Cotton, Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player,Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, who with the exception of Palmer need the first name; well nearly!
Yeah, Nick's fine. He's in an elite class. He had to deal with the UK's tabloid press for years (don't those rats ever let up?) calling him "Foldo" and the like. I'm very glad to see running the European side in 2008. He'll give an already exciting contest more excitement. (As will Paul Azinger)
So, in short, Nick Faldo has had a great career.
Sure, he's had an exceptional career as you already know.
For sure, well said.
Of course it does we have not produced anyone like him since and we probably never will. Colin Mongomerie is a close second but that is all he ever will be second to Faldo. we have a living legend and we should appreciate what we have for as long as we have it. What ever it may be!!
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