Great player, a shame there's no continuity of rounds. A great short would be the titantic 3rd round battle in the '90 open between Faldo and Norman. The defeat and gulf in ability led to a '91 slump for Norman and the eventual decision to rebuild with Butch. For Faldo, it confirmed his place as the best player in the world. Great narrative to a great Open.
That was certainly a bad round from Norman (mainly down to his putting) and it did knock his confidence for a couple of years. But “gulf in ability” is a bit strong. Norman had been the better player from ‘86 to ‘90, always ahead of Faldo in the world rankings. And he was certainly better than Faldo from ‘93 to ‘95. Faldo was the man for the big occasion and a wonderful player. But overall Norman was the better golfer, proved by his 331 weeks as world No.1 against Nick’s 97.
@@MrAJR76 It's definitely a great conversation; they had a fantastic rivalry across the late 80's and early 90's which doesn't have the traction it should. Faldo said he would often look at the world rankings and try to respond. Being number one in that era really meant something.
Saw him at Sunningdale some years ago. Might have been part of International Open Qualifying ? Long game not bad , Short game unbelievable, Putting ? Absolute genius !
Amazing long-iron player. Followed him round St Mellion in 1990 and 1993, and his ball striking with those clubs was just incredible. If his driving had been more consistent, he’d have won several majors.
Fantastic player, especially his irons, short game and putting....just his driver let him down. Still has 2 majors though and brilliant career.....wish I was that good
What is your favourite Jose Maria Olazabal moment at The Open?
Great player, a shame there's no continuity of rounds. A great short would be the titantic 3rd round battle in the '90 open between Faldo and Norman. The defeat and gulf in ability led to a '91 slump for Norman and the eventual decision to rebuild with Butch. For Faldo, it confirmed his place as the best player in the world. Great narrative to a great Open.
That was certainly a bad round from Norman (mainly down to his putting) and it did knock his confidence for a couple of years.
But “gulf in ability” is a bit strong.
Norman had been the better player from ‘86 to ‘90, always ahead of Faldo in the world rankings. And he was certainly better than Faldo from ‘93 to ‘95.
Faldo was the man for the big occasion and a wonderful player. But overall Norman was the better golfer, proved by his 331 weeks as world No.1 against Nick’s 97.
@@MrAJR76 It's definitely a great conversation; they had a fantastic rivalry across the late 80's and early 90's which doesn't have the traction it should. Faldo said he would often look at the world rankings and try to respond. Being number one in that era really meant something.
Saw him at Sunningdale some years ago. Might have been part of International Open Qualifying ? Long game not bad , Short game unbelievable, Putting ? Absolute genius !
Amazing long-iron player. Followed him round St Mellion in 1990 and 1993, and his ball striking with those clubs was just incredible.
If his driving had been more consistent, he’d have won several majors.
Fantastic player, especially his irons, short game and putting....just his driver let him down. Still has 2 majors though and brilliant career.....wish I was that good