{"id":29296,"date":"2025-04-07T11:49:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfnews.co.uk\/?p=29296"},"modified":"2025-04-07T11:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:57:39","slug":"interview-sir-nick-faldo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfnews.co.uk\/features\/interview-sir-nick-faldo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SIR NICK FALDO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The six-time Major champion talks to Matt Nicholson about his move to Montana, the future of golf course design, hosting the British Masters, and why short courses are the next big thing<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sir Nick Faldo still has a lot on his plate. His playing days and long stints in the commentary booth with CBS may be behind him, but the man from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire has more than enough going on to keep him occupied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On quiet days he\u2019ll take the dogs for a long walk, and he\u2019ll be very content. However, when he\u2019s busy, he\u2019s busy. Moving to the mountains in Montana to build a farm has been one project, but he has lots of others on the go.<\/p>\n

For starters, there\u2019s the design business. As well as an exciting new layout in Madeira, the six-time Major winner, who has designed award- winning golf courses on five continents and in 20 different countries, is behind several short course projects in America and in the UK.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also the host of this year\u2019s British Masters at The Belfry on 28 August-1 September. He might be busy, and there might be times when the dogs miss their master, but, as he tells us, he wouldn\u2019t have it any other way…<\/p>\n

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SIR NICK AND WIFE LINDSAY IN MONTANA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Why did you decide to up sticks and move to Montana?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After Covid, we were about to build on Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Then we thought we wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle. We\u2019d visited Montana a few times.<\/p>\n

I used to go up there and fish with Huey Lewis. I had a project that was almost on the Canadian border, Wilderness Club. We went there for a couple of summers with the dogs and loved it.<\/p>\n

We thought, \u2018Why don\u2019t we build ourselves a farm?\u2019 That\u2019s how it all started.<\/p>\n

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Good friends Huey Lewis and Nick Faldo walk to the 17th green during the 3M Celebrity Challenge 2015 at Pebble Beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Do you enjoy the slower pace of life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s nice for me, on some days, to just go, \u2018What have I got to do?\u2019 My only priority might be to go and walk the dogs. That\u2019s nice, because when I\u2019m busy, I\u2019m busy.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also got more involved with the community. I\u2019m an ambassador for a great club called Crazy Mountain over Livingston way.<\/p>\n

I love it over that side. That\u2019s the old Marlboro cigarette ranch. We\u2019ve got our own – they call it town. We\u2019ve got a genuine cowboy town, with the saloon, the jailhouse, the fire station, the brothel.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s very cool. It\u2019s genuine – over a 100-year-old wooden building. We\u2019re amongst 3,000 acres of gorgeous mountains. You\u2019ve got rivers, you\u2019ve got golf. Everyone enjoys the good things in life, which is nice.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s your design philosophy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve got a good eye and a good strategy – that was the way I played. I\u2019ve seen all the great golf courses, and I\u2019ve got a very good photographic memory.<\/p>\n

I can visualise the [Alister] Mackenzie\u2019s and the George Thomas\u2019s. I love Colts and, in modern day, Pete Dye. You look at those and go, \u2018Would I do that?\u2019 That sort of thing – or you might be inspired by it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a big fan of trying to make it fit as naturally as possible.<\/p>\n

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NICK HAS AN INCREDIBLE PASSION FOR GOLF COURSE DESIGN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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How much of a challenge is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s tough sometimes. In Cambodia, for example, we had a thousand acres with four feet of movement. You\u2019ve got to do a lot of dreaming and a lot of pumping sand. Or we get the opposite. In Vietnam, we had to blow up rock to create golf holes. You\u2019ve got to have a good engineer who can understand it.<\/p>\n

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You can get all this dirt and rock. Where do you push it all? Or where do you get it all when it\u2019s flat? It\u2019s really an engineering feat. Luckily, I\u2019ve got smart people who know how to do that!<\/p>\n

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Tell us about your new project in Madeira…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Madeira is one that we\u2019re very excited about, what with the views in this little corner of the island. It\u2019s very undulating. We\u2019re going to make a lovely golf course with a little boutique hotel, about 100 rooms, so not huge.<\/p>\n

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PONTA DO PARGO IN MADEIRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Are there any specific projects you\u2019re particularly fond of?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Laguna in Vietnam is a great site because of its variety. I guess the ultimate is to have as much variety as you can. Here, you start off through meadowlands, then rice fields, a bit of jungle, beach, down the river, through the rocks, back in the jungle, and then you finish the last four or five holes with huge blowouts of sand. You get a little bit of everything, which is very cool.<\/p>\n

We always consider the history of the site. Putting something in is a bit of a trademark. For example, in Cambodia we\u2019ve got buddhas and temples, a miniature scaled-down version of Angkor Wat on the golf course. We were inspired by that. This is the fun bit.<\/p>\n

I always enjoy having no preconceived ideas when I go to a golf course, because you want to be inspired by what\u2019s there. I think that\u2019s important. We\u2019ve got a few other ideas up our sleeve. It\u2019s going to be fun. The design business is going very well.<\/p>\n

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What are some key trends you\u2019re seeing in the golf course design industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The blowout look on bunkers is something they\u2019re going heavily on. They can look fabulous, but for the average golfer who goes left and right, you\u2019re making life more difficult.<\/p>\n

If they hit a poor shot, they\u2019re going to leave themselves 60-yard bunker shots all day long. There\u2019s a fine balance between building a resort golf course and a pro golf course. That\u2019s something we\u2019re always mindful of.<\/p>\n

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How has the evolution of golf equipment impacted your designs?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Distance has exploded over the last ten years. The best example is Firestone, which we used to play in the World Series.<\/p>\n

We would be hitting 2-, 3- and 4-irons into the par 4s. The 9th was a good drive, and you\u2019d end up on the top of the hill. You\u2019d have a 2-iron into this little green that was 210 yards out. Now they smash it over the hill and have a gap wedge.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d come back and tell my architects. It used to be 300 yards through the air – that was impressive. Then it went to 320. Now we\u2019ve got quite a few guys who can do 340 through the air. When you design, you start thinking, \u2018Where\u2019s the golf ball going to end up?\u2019 Making a strategy is very difficult.<\/p>\n

If a drive goes 340, and pros can hit 240 with their 4 -iron, that\u2019s 580. It has changed the game dramatically for course design.<\/p>\n

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NICK IN ACTION AT FIRESTONE Photo: Craig Jones\/Allsport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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How much different has it been designing the new short course at Chart Hills?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m very proud of it. I\u2019ve been beating this drum for years. So many hotels don\u2019t have room.<\/p>\n

You say, how about 12, but they want a championship golf course. That drives me up the wall. People are recognising the fun playing short courses.<\/p>\n

Building a 12 -hole golf course ticks all the environmental boxes: the water, construction costs, time. Time is the big thing now, where people must try and please everybody.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got a family but you want to disappear and play some golf. Eighteen is a long day, so I\u2019m really pushing the 12 -hole concept as much as I can.<\/p>\n

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NICK WITH THE GREEN-KEEPING TEAM AT CHART HILLS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Your six-hole \u2018Loop\u2019 at Chart Hills is proof that golf can be fun in a shorter format…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Absolutely. I was able to draw inspiration from many of the great places and holes I\u2019ve played at the likes of St Andrews, Muirfield Village, and Augusta.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a great challenge for golfers of all abilities. We have our very own \u2018Valley of Sin<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s fantastic, unique. I think golf courses of this nature are only going to get more popular, and what we have at Chart Hills is very special. I\u2019d encourage anyone to go and play it.<\/p>\n

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THE LOOP AT CHART HILLS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Are you working on other short course projects?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve got a great project up at Big Sky. We\u2019d like to do six holes for kids, and we\u2019d like to do a nine-hole par-3 course.<\/p>\n

Hopefully we can cart that one because you\u2019re at 8,000 feet plus! Then maybe there\u2019s a 12-hole course which could be serious. It\u2019s quite a challenging project, but I think it could be ground breaking.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve also got a little company I\u2019m forming with Paul Jansen and my architects called \u2018Golf in Small Spaces\u2019. People love to have anything from a single green in their back garden all the way up to three, five, ten, 30 acres.<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve seen, the popularity of them is fantastic.<\/p>\n

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The skill is to design where, if you\u2019re brand new to golf you can roll it along the ground, and if you\u2019re a decent golfer you can cut the corners and getting the ball to stop is a great challenge.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m very excited about trying to build that side of golf.<\/p>\n

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What was it like to take on the role of host for the British Masters?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a nice honour since I won that one. It\u2019s something America has done so well over the years, with celebrities and the likes of Arnold [Palmer], Jack [Nicklaus] and Tiger [Woods].<\/p>\n

I think our tour should do more of that. Seve would be a great one to honour, and probably Rory in the future.<\/p>\n

All I\u2019m trying to do is build awareness of the event, make it more British. I think that\u2019s a fun thing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve requested that all the music to be played should be British bands. There should be no problem with a playlist on that! Little touches like that.<\/p>\n

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NICK WILL HOST THE BRITISH MASTERS ONCE AGAIN AT THE BELFRY IN AUGUST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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What\u2019s been the most rewarding part?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Well I\u2019m not playing. I\u2019m there all week. I\u2019m quite happy to give it time, get it to grow as best as
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I\u2019ve got some great ideas for the fans\u2019 village. So we will see how we can just keep expanding it. I have my own pavilion, which is very cool, wonderful food. I love hosting people up there.<\/p>\n

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What do you think makes the British Masters stand out from other tournaments on the DP World Tour calendar?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Belfry has a great central location. We can get good fans and create a very good atmosphere.<\/p>\n

As I said, we can make it as British as possible. We have a good date, and in the future, we can encourage a few more top names to come and play.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always a great challenge to play The Belfry, especially when you get a little bit of weather, a little bit of wind in there, and then the tricky finish. It\u2019s always going to get a great champion.<\/p>\n

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NICK FALDO POSES WITH MCILROY AFTER HE WON THE U15 BOYS CATEGORY AT THE 2004 FALDO SERIES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Well, that week we also host our Faldo Futures event. We have our grand final, which was a great success the first year.<\/p>\n

We had about 1,600 participants, which was whittled down to about 120 youngsters. They loved it. We want to expand that, make that bigger and better.<\/p>\n

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The six-time Major champion talks to Matt Nicholson about his move to Montana, the future of golf course design, hosting the British Masters, and why short courses are the next big thing Sir Nick Faldo still has a lot on his plate. His playing days and long stints in the commentary booth with CBS may be behind him, but the man from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire has more than enough going on to keep him occupied. 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