Sir Nick Faldo returns home after open heart surgery

Sir Nick Faldo has returned home after undergoing “successful” open-heart surgery, the six-time major champion said on social media.

The Englishman won the Masters and Open on three occasions and finished his career with 43 tournament victories.

Faldo (68 years old) is widely considered the greatest British player of the modern era.

“Headed home,” read a post on Faldo’s X account., external

“After two weeks in Cleveland, Nick Faldo and his wife Lindsay returned home after successful preventive open-heart surgery to repair an enlarged aorta, performed by world-renowned heart surgeon Dr. Lars Svensson at the Cleveland Clinic.

“Nick is now looking forward to returning to his golf course design work and to Masters Week in Augusta, Georgia, where he will celebrate ‘Six back in ’96.”

“Home has never been so good.”

Faldo, who won the Masters titles in 1989, 1990 and 1996 and the Open in 1987, 1990 and 1992, was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1997 and was named the PGA Player of the Year in 1990.

It spent a total of 97 weeks at number one globally.