Nick Faldo
Nick Faldo has been chosen to captain the European Ryder Cup team for the 37th Ryder Cup matches at Valhalla Golf Club in 2008. If you want to know what exactly the captain does read our article outlining his roles and responsibilites. Nick will be hoping to lead the European team to a record 4th victory in a row.
Biography
Nick Faldo is a British golfer. Born in Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire England on 18th July in 1957. Nick has had a colourful personal life (which we’ll leave to the tabloid press). He turned professional in 1976 and is one of Europes most sucessful golfers and has notched up over 42 titles .
Faldo first played on a Ryder Cup Team in 1977 at the age of 21 and then subsequently in 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997. So in terms of Ryder Cup experience - he’s got it!
Ryder Cup 2008
Nick Faldo is the non playing captain for the European Team who will be defending their title in the US in 2008. They will most likely be favorites to retain the title if the results of the 36th Ryder Cup are anything to go by. Despite the US players dominance on the tour they seem unable to shine in the Matchplay format of the Ryder Cup. Nick will be hoping this is someting his US counterpart will fail to crack in the runup to the 2008 event.
Ryder Cup Team Selection
The European Team will be selected on the basis of player performance.
Qualification for one of the 10 automatic places is based on points earned through competition however two events are used for selection: The Ryder Cup World Points List and the European Points List.
The Ryder Cup World Points List is comprised of Official World Golf Ranking points won by a European Tour Member from each tournament in which he participates in the 12 months preceding the competition.
The second league at which points can be earned is The Ryder Cup European Points List. This list is comprised of points (1 point = 1 euro) earned by a European Tour Member from all officially sanctioned events counting towards The European Tour Order of Merit in the same period.
The final team will comprise the leading five players from The Ryder Cup World Points list and the top five players from the Ryder Cup European Points List (not already qualified through the Ryder Cup World Points list).
As the European Team Captain Nick Faldo will pick two players on the basis of who he feels can add to the skills of the team.
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Comments
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A Raffo posted on October 12, 2007:
it is about time the media got behind Nick Faldo [without a knife in there hand] and supported him instead of playing Mongomerie against him if the committee had wanted Montgomerie to play a major role they would have chosen him as to comments on Mongomeries behavior it is a known fact that he can be huffy if he is not in the lime light and whilst he did win his single match at the sevi cup he did not win any other point nor was his the first single point up on the board good luck Nick
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Drew posted on March 11, 2008:
Faldo is not a good Captain, he is so far up himself, and he was my hero for years and as Jack was his inspiration he was mine, I won 4 matchplay titles at my club in 8 years following his lead.
Now he is even more aloof, so much so he will not sign the offical Ryder Cup print commemorating this years Match, Seve, Torrance, Langer, James, Woosy have all signed it previously and for a collector of these limited edition, signed prints, this is a big Faux Pas, Yov’e lost the plot Nick, this is about the fans, not you.
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C.A.Cheshire posted on June 29, 2008:
Nick Faldo is the best golfer ENGLAND ever produced, so stop refering to him as a “european”. He worked his socks off to make himself great at what he did. What other British golfer has achieved such success? Carol
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Paul Azinger » Ryder Cup Diary posted on November 1, 2006:
[...] Paul Azinger is widely rumoured to have been selected to captain the US for the 37th Ryder Cup in Valhalla in 2008. Having represented his country in four times in the Ryder Cup, Azinger has a 5-7-3 record. He was never beaten in a singles match and bested both Ballesteros and Olazabal. Azinger was born in Holyoke on Jan 6th 1960 and he turned professional in 1981. His career coincided with that of Nick Faldo and as well as sharing the ABC Sports commentary box for the last 2 years they have met in several epic matches including 4 Ryder Cup matches. The US will be hoping that his record of 2 wins and 2 draws against Faldo in Ryder cup matches is auspicious and that his captaincy can herald an new era for the American Ryder Cup team. Having been humiliated by the Europeans in the last 3 matches the US really need a shot in the arm. Will Azinger be able to motivate the US players to bring their A game in 2008? [...]
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BBC Sports Personality of the Year - Vote Darren Clarke » Ryder Cup Diary posted on November 28, 2006:
[...] Nick Faldo was the last golfer to win the award back in his hey day as a golfer in 1989. [...]
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