Early Masters Talk with Three-Time Champion Nick Faldo

Get a Grip with Shane Bacon

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🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The golf world's attention has turned to Augusta, Georgia, with Rose Zhang doing her thing at the Augusta National Women's Amateur, and the Masters just a few days away.

Three-time Masters champion Sir Nick Faldo joins the program to chat with Shane about his wins, the changes to 13, and what he expects at the much-anticipated Champions Dinner.

Nick and Shane go back over each of the three Faldo wins at the Masters, talking about the crazy 77-65 he shot over the weekend in '89, what clicked on Saturday and Sunday in '90, and when he knew he had a shot at catching Greg Norman on that infamous Sunday in '96. After that, the two discuss the changes to the 13th and how much closer that par-5 will play to what Nick faced when he was dueling down the stretch.

Nick shares which hole plays the most differently for modern players compared to when he was in his prime, the upcoming Champions Dinner, and plenty more.

A huge thanks to Nick for his time. This was a really fun conversation as we inch closer to Thursday.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Get a Grip with Chain Bake at a production of I Heart Radio.
0:04.0	Hey, hey, welcome to the Get a Grip podcast.
0:12.0	Hope you guys have had a fabulous week.
0:14.3	It is Friday before Masters Week.
0:17.6	We have arrived.
0:18.4	We have made it.
0:19.5	One of the most depressing days of my entire year is the Monday after the Masters when I have to type
0:24.7	into how many days until the Masters.com a new date and see the thing change to
0:30.4	whatever it is 364, 365 days
0:33.7	until the next masters.
0:35.0	Another depressing day for me is once now,
0:38.9	the Open Championship ends.
0:40.2	It used to be the PGA Championship.
0:41.9	But once that goes away and you understand that you're going to have what six months or so of non-major golf until we get to Augusta National and I just feel like with the way golf has played this year and the way the PJ tour is gone with
0:56.7	Rory playing well and Sheffler playing great and Rom doing his thing and Max you know obviously
1:02.4	becoming a top-ton player in the world and seemingly getting himself in contention every single week.
1:07.0	It has been as exciting a PJ Tour season as I can remember, headed into the first major.
1:12.0	So we have finally arrived and to get you guys
1:15.8	starting to think about the Masters over the weekend and in the next week I asked
1:20.8	a man that is put on a green jacket three times. He's probably put on a green jacket
1:25.2	hundreds of times, but he was asked to wear the green jacket three times in front of a whole bunch of people.
1:30.5	That, of course, Sir Nick Faldo, won the Masters in 89 and 90 and of course in 96 when he
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