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‘I’m Not Crying…’: Golf World Bids an Emotional Farwell to Sir Nick Faldo

Published 08/08/2022, 6:00 AM EDT

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It is official; Sir Nick Faldo will no longer be behind the mic to share his inputs about the golf tournaments and players. The 65-year-old bid an emotional adieu during his final CBS appearance.

“I blew it,” an emotional Sir Faldo said soon after his colleague Jim Nantz asked him to share his final thoughts on his retirement. The professional golfer turned golf analyst couldn’t help but cry when his three colleagues, Jim Nantz, Ian Baker-Finch, and Frank Nobilo, took turns to talk about him. 

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The Englishman struggled to talk as he couldn’t control his emotions. However, he managed to say how he reacted when he got a call 16 years ago to work alongside Jim Nantz. “… I literally fell out of the boat,” Sir Faldo recalled how his boat journey in Ireland in 2006 turned out. “I really did.”

An emotional Sir Nick Faldo thanked everyone for his 16 years of career as a golf analyst

“I’m a single child,” Sir Faldo said through tears to his three colleagues, “and I’ve found, at 65, three brothers.” Notably, he thanked all the crew members for helping him present a great commentatory in the last 16 years of his career as a golf analyst. 

Turned professional in 1976, Sir Nick Faldo has achieved more than 40 tournament victories and six major championships. Moreover, he represented Team Europe 11 times in the prestigious Ryder Cup, including in 2008 when he was the captain. 

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He had been having a great career as a professional golfer when ABC Sport hired him in 2004 to be part of their commentatory box. According to him, he moved on to CBS to be the lead analyst for the PGA Tour coverage in 2006.

Now that he has retired, former golfer, Trevor Immelman stepped in to replace him as a lead analyst. 

Fan reactions to the golf analyst’s emotional farewell

The Englishman contributed his life to golf as a professional athlete and an analyst. Therefore, many congratulated and thanked him for his dedication to the sport. 

Many reacted to him getting emotional in his last broadcast as well. Golf fans appreciated him for expressing his emotions after retiring from a job he loved for almost two decades. 

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The CBS golf analyst of 16 years, announced his retirement news the last June. Yet, neither he nor the golf world was prepared for his actual retirement. However, his tears showed how much the job and the years with his brother-like colleagues meant to him.

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Anjana Prabhakaran

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Anjana Prabhakaran is a Golf content writer at EssentiallySports. She has completed her Master's degree in Public Administration and considers researching as one of her hobbies. As her family is interested in sports, Anjana grew up watching every sport on television.
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Rohini Kottu

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