Nick Faldo

Peak: 1990 — Nick Faldo rates 97 overall in the legends pool, a Complete Player build with accuracy the clear peak at S.

• Power B+ — well below the pool average in the legends pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy sits at S for Faldo, top-tier across the legends pool: only one other player in the pool rates higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play S — a clear strength in the legends pool; only 3 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• At A, Faldo's short game rating is a shade above the pool average (64th percentile of the legends pool) — 9 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting sits at A for Faldo, modestly above average across the legends pool: 8 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• At S, Faldo's course iq rating is top-tier (96th percentile of the legends pool) — only one other player in the pool rates higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve S — a clear strength in the legends pool; only 4 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• At S, Faldo's consistency rating is among the very best in the pool (92nd percentile of the legends pool) — only 2 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine A — on the stronger side of average in the legends pool; 10 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Complete Player. A complete player — every one of the nine zones rates highly with barely a gap between the best and the weakest. There is no soft spot to target; the season plan is simply to let the whole game show up every week.

The closest attribute profiles in the legends pool belong to Lee Trevino (95% similar), Byron Nelson (91% similar) and Scottie Scheffler (88% similar) — three builds that would feel familiar to play.

• Lee Trevino,
• Byron Nelson,
• Scottie Scheffler

Of the 24 events on the schedule, U.S. Open, The Open Championship and THE PLAYERS Championship suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• U.S. Open — Major
• The Open Championship — Major
• THE PLAYERS Championship — Flagship

Legends aren't priced for Salary Cap — Nick Faldo unlocks wholesale, gold-accented, alongside the rest of the Peak: 1990 pool inside Legends mode, where every build gets the same nine zones and no budget to manage.

1990: Masters + Open (St Andrews, −18); 6 majors, 18 straight pars to win the '87 Open. Rebuilt swing for repeatability — metronomic accuracy and unbreakable composure (1996 Masters vs Norman). Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–11 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.