Nick Faldo News

One of the most indelible sporting images of my lifetime is that of Seve Ballesteros punching the air with delight after holing the putt to win the British Open on the 18th green at St Andrews in 1984.

Lee Westwood will be stepping up his quest for a first major title in 2010. Westwood claimed the inaugural race to Dubai in 2009 - his second Order of Merit title - and has climbed to a career-best number four in the world rankings.

Another day, another mistress. Tiger Woods's career has certainly attracted birdies in both senses of the word.

I cannot think of a better person to get the BBC lifetime achievment award at SPOTY this weekend than Seve Ballesteros.

CROWLAND : Briton Lee Westwood has been named the European Tour's golfer of the year after a season which ended with him being crowned European number one for the second time in his career.

Lee Westwood celebrates his victoy at the Dubai World Championship which confirmed his status as European No1.

Forget Tiger Woods's standing as the richest, best-known sportsman in the world, the world's No 1 golfer.

NEIL Wain can arguably claim to have finished the season as North Staffordshire's leading amateur golfer.

IT IS 10 years since Aaron Baddeley won the Australian Open as an 18-year-old amateur and declared he wanted to take the Tiger by the tail, a statement that did not sit comfortably with many of his elders.

NAILSEA'S Chris Wood has been named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year after a solid first full season on the European Tour.

What is it about golfers, spouses, cars and golf clubs? First we had the Nick Faldo incident back in 1998 concerning his Porsche, and now we apparently have a similar sort of craziness happening with Tiger Woods and a spousal whacking of his Escalade.

Golf superstar Tiger Woods, who was reported to have been seriously hurt on Friday in a car accident in Florida, is arguably the biggest sporting personality in the world - with a bank balance to match.

Chris Wood has been picked as rookie of the year for the PGA European Tour. The Englishman, who finished third at the British Open, was 44th on the European money list with US$1.02 million to secure the award ahead of Gareth Maybin, Danny Willett, Oskar Henningsson and David Horsey.

Wood C v Willett D RTD Match Bet: Wood C 5/6 Click here for latest golf betting Click here for latest golf news Click here for latest golf scores Click here for 2009 European Tour calendar Click here for 2009 US Tour calendar England's Chris Wood has capped a tremendous debut season on the European Tour by being named the Sir Henry Cotton rookie of ...

Forget Rodney Dangerfield. Lee Westwood gets no respect. Ditch your love for Steve Stricker.

Lee Westwood's demolition of a high class field has to rank as the finest display by an English golfer since Nick Faldo flayed Greg Norman at the 1996 Masters.

Peter McEvoy was part of a special Georgian afternoon at Peachtree in 1989 when Great Britain and Ireland won the Walker Cup on American soil for the first time and at Ocean Forest, as captain rather than a player, he was part of another.

As the curtains fell on an illustrious career which included three Open Championships, three US Masters and the world no.

Colin Montgomerie, Europe's Ryder Cup captain, will use the Abu Dhabi Championship as the starting point for his season-long assessment of those hoping to earn a wild card selection into next year's clash with the United States at Celtic Manor.

Marriott Golf will host a Family Golf Festival Day at Shadow Ridge Golf Club in Palm Desert on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free activities for the day include a demonstration day with several top vendors in golf on hand, a junior golf program from the First Tee of the Coachella Valley, a 10 a.m. golf clinic from the Faldo Golf Institute which ...