Sir Nick Faldo

bigtimecharlie

The queen has knighted the most successful british golfer. So it's Sir Nick Faldo from now on. Congrats to him.

http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=Sporting_Life/09/06/12/manual_161245.html

PeterJamesDoyle

Unfortunately, not the most popular golfer ever.

soundsham

PeterJamesDoyle wrote: »

Unfortunately, not the most popular golfer ever.

+1
and bad ryder cup captain too

stockdam

Can't argue with his record though.

Oliverdog

The ceremony should go well as long as he doesn't have to make an acceptance speech. :eek:

fairwaysallday

Oliverdog wrote: »

The ceremony should go well as long as he doesn't have to make an acceptance speech. :eek:

thereis no denying faldo was a great player but what a muppet!
his ryder cup captaincy from start to finish was a joke and players were leaving the venue only to be pulled back from the airport at the last minute! the team room was full of pics of his major vitories....me.....me.....me.....and more MMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

HAVE APSOLUTELY NO TIME FOR THE TOSSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

soundsham

fairwaysallday wrote: »

thereis no denying faldo was a great player but what a muppet!
his ryder cup captaincy from start to finish was a joke and players were leaving the venue only to be pulled back from the airport at the last minute! the team room was full of pics of his major vitories....me.....me.....me.....and more MMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

HAVE APSOLUTELY NO TIME FOR THE TOSSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whats all that about news to me

Dublin Spur

fairwaysallday wrote: »

HAVE APSOLUTELY NO TIME FOR THE TOSSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Totally agree - horrible pr1ck.

Mister Sifter

Any need for the personal abuse?

It's a shame that he's being remembered for 4-5 days as Ryder Cup captain rather decades as one of the best golfers on the planet. For what it's worth i think he's unfairly given total blame for the Ryder Cup loss.

His record as a golfer is exceptional and considering what he's given back to the game the gong is very much deserved.

copacetic

infraction for fairwaysallday, infraction and 2 day ban for dublinspur for repeating offence that led to last infraction

thegen

While Nick Faldo may not have the best of personalities you cannot ignore what he did on the golf course. He may not be my favourite golfer but credit where credits due, he did it on the course and raised the bar for all that followed. Best golfer of his generation? Not in my eyes Seve gets that.

But congrats and well deserved.

JCDUB

It's a non-entity of an award given out by a non-entity of a person to "subjects of the crown" for god knows what.

He is not a nice person, but was an excellent golfer.

If the award actually meant something I would be upset that people who were making a real difference in everyday life championing humanitarian causes weren't getting it and an ex-professional golfer was.

Now if it was a Nobel prize or something then fair enough..