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Article: Practice pays off for Faldo
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 27, 1995
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Ask Nick Faldo why he is playing predominately in the United
States this season and he will answer "for a change". After 20
years on this side of the Atlantic he needed new courses and fresh
challenges like he desired more majors. And in his case that is
quite a need.
One win and a string of high finishes on the other side of the
Atlantic later and it is hard to find fault with his reasoning but
yesterday he strengthened the case. When he should have been
struggling to acclimatise to English conditions, he adjusted to the
lower bounce and slower greens with the precision of a clockmaker
tinkering with the workings of a timepiece.
His five-under-par 67 yesterday here in the opening round of ...