Nick Faldo Returns Home After Successful Heart Surgery

Sir Nick Faldo, the six-time major champion widely regarded as one of golf's greatest players, has returned home after undergoing successful preventative open-heart surgery to repair an enlarged aorta.

The 68-year-old Englishman spent two weeks at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where the scheduled procedure was performed on January 8 by renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Lars Svensson, chief of the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute. Faldo and his wife, Lindsay, arrived at the facility for the operation and are now resting at their home in Montana as he begins recovery.

A statement posted on Faldo's official X account on January 16 detailed the outcome. "After two weeks in Cleveland, Nick Faldo and his wife, Lindsay, are on their way home following a successful, scheduled preventative open-heart surgery to repair his enlarged aorta, performed by world-renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Lars Svensson at The Cleveland Clinic," it read. "We are deeply grateful for Dr. Svensson and his exceptional medical team. Nick is now looking ahead to returning to his golf course design work and to the Masters Week in Augusta, GA, where he will be celebrating Six back in...