Nick Faldo- Bio, Age, Net worth, Wife, Where Is He? 5 Facts

Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo is a former English professional golfer who gained fame in the mid-90s. He became inspired to play golf at the age of 14 when he began watching Jack Nicklaus play the 1971 Masters on his parents’ new television then. Since he began playing golf, he has played a lot of championships and masters with lots of wins.

During his time, he became famous for winning 3 open championships and 3 masters and he is also known for his dedication in his game. Aside from being good at playing golf, he was also good at changing his women back in his days.

Biography of Nick Faldo

Faldo was born on 18 July 1957 in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom. He was the only child of his parents, George Arthur Faldo and Joyce Smalley Faldo. While his father was an accountant in a chemical company his mother was always with him fueling his interest in sports.

Growing up, Faldo was an enthusiastic swimmer and cyclist. He won the Hertfordshire county medal in the 100-meter breaststroke when he was 10 years old. While schooling at Sir Frederic Osborne School, he also played soccer, rugby, basketball, cricket, and tennis.

When he watched the masters tournament which Jack Nicklaus won, his mother arranged for him to have six lessons and he became clenched to the game. He eventually played his first round of golf when he was 14 years old. Even though he started playing late, he was so hooked to the game that he began to lose interest in his studies.

At the age of 16, he convinced his parents about letting him quit school so he could focus on his golf game. After a lot of training, he became part of an All-England Boys golf team and won two amateur championships in 1975.

Professional Career

While Nick Faldo was working as a carpet fitter, he won the England Amateur and British Youth Championship. He played for the University of Houston for one year before he became a professional in 1976 and joined the European Professional Golfers Association that same year.

Faldo won his first tournament in 1977  and was named rookie of the year for the European PGA Tour. He seemed to have gotten better as time progresses as the rookie soon started winning more championships.

In the mid-1980s he decided to become a better golfer by changing his swing. With the help of his coach, David Leadbetter, his swing became more efficient and tight. He began to practice by hitting 1,500 balls daily, this really improved his putting game and soon he became the pride of Great Britain.

He led a high profile life on the European PGA Tour, he had his first major win, the British Open in Muirfield in Scotland.  He also won 2 majors in 1990 including the Johnnie walker classic. He had a major win in 1998 when he won the World Cup of Golf that was the first time England ever won.

Despite his achievements and wins, Faldo did not relent at his game. His last PGA win was at Nissan Open in 1997, that same year, he won the WA Open.

Nick Faldo began preparing for life after golf in the late 90s and early 2000. He became a commentator with columns in newspapers and magazines and also an analyst for television channels.  After he reduced his playing schedule, he became a broadcaster for ABC Sports’ PGA Tour coverage where he worked with his former revival, Paul Azinger from 2004 to 2006. He signed a contract with CBS to replace Lanny  Wadkins as the lead golf analyst. In 2007, he became the lead analyst for golf channel coverage on the PGA Tour.

In 2009, he was made a knight bachelor as birthday honors for his services to golf, and in 2014, he was announced the 2014 recipient of the Payne Stewart award on 9 September 2014. Unfortunately, since Faldo began his personal work, he has had less positive support from his fans.

By 18 July 2020, the talented golfer would be 63 years old.

Nick Faldo’s Net Worth

The English golfer amassed quite a lot during his career as a fulltime golfer and even after. He had a lot of deals and sponsorships. Celebritynetworth reported that Faldo currently has a net worth of approximately $60 million.

Wives and Children of the Golfer

Faldo certainly did not hide his flair for women as he had several relationships and marriages with more than a couple of women.

Nick Faldo met his first wife, Melanie Rockall when he was 21. They married in 1979 but unfortunately separated barely 5 years after. Rockall discovered he was cheating on her with his manager’s secretary, Gill Bennett.

Faldo later married Bennett in 1986 and they had three children: Natalie, Matthew, and Georgia. Then he moved to America and left his family in England in 1995.

The marriage ended when he started an affair with a 20-year-old American golfing student, Brenna Cepelak. The affair ended three years later when he started an affair with a Swiss PR agent, Valerie Bercher who was 18 years younger than him. Faldo and Bercher later married at Windsor’s home in July 2001. The marriage was blessed with a daughter, Emma scarlet before Faldo filed for divorce in May 2006.

Before the end of their marriage which forced the former golfer to cough out a massive £15million in divorce settlement, he declared that she was the one. Apparently, it turned out not so.

In 2018, he began dating 56-year-old Lindsay de Marco was is a former topless dancer who has been married six times. Rumors have it that the lovers spend their time jet setting around the world. The former dancer seems to be Faldo’s latest in the long line of women in his life.

Where is he now?

Nick Faldo is now an on-air golf analyst. Faldo serves as a lead analyst for the PGA Tour on CBS and the Golf Channel. He has written several golf instructional books.

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Other Facts About Nick Faldo

1. Although he was married to Melanie Rockall for close to five years, the golfer revealed they were only happily married for less than a year; 8 months to be precise.

2. There was a point at which Nick Faldo was the most resented man in the world of golfing because of his dull spirit and lonely disposition. However, he got to work on it.

3. Gill Bennett once prophesied that the golfer may end up a lonely old man because of his insatiable appetite for women. She warned Valerie Bercher who was about to marry him at the time that she would also soon be replaced.

4. Although he quit playing golf quite early, he is still seen as one of the best of his generation and the greatest in Britain.

5. Brenna Cepelak’s revenge. After the legendary golfer dumped his young American girlfriend, she decided to have her revenge. After getting her things from him, she made use of his golf club to inflict damage of close to £10,000 on his Porsche.

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