Nick Faldo decided on a career in golf while watching a televised tournament and has been working to be the best player in the world ever since. As one of the top-ranked golfers in the world, Faldo has had great success in golf's major tournaments--the Masters, British Open, U.S. Open, and Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) Championship--winning three British Opens and three Masters. Early in his career, Faldo was often accused of being too competitive for his own good, but has worked to change. His goal is to be happy as well as successful.

Nicholas Alexander Faldo was born July 18, 1957, in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. An only child, he grew up in a middle-class home. His father, George, was a bookkeeper at a chemical company. His mother, Joyce, wanting to give her son the best of everything, took him to museums and the opera, and enrolled him...