Sir Nick Faldo says goodbye to St Andrews but might not be finished with the Open
Last Updated: 17/07/15 8:43pm
Sir Nick Faldo is yet to make up his mind about making another Open appearance after waving farewell to St Andrews on Friday.
The 57-year-old, who won the Claret Jug three times - the second on the Old Course in 1990 - finished with a flourish thanks to a rare birdie at the 17th.
Having posed for photographs on the Swilcan Bridge, after first donning his favourite sweater from his maiden Open victory at Muirfield in 1987, he almost produced a repeat at the last but finished with a round of 71 for a 10 over total.
While he definitely will not appear at the home of golf in a competitive format again, Faldo stopped short of announcing the end of his Open career.
"If I'm sensible, that is it. I will do my best to be sensible," said the six-time major winner, who turns 58 on Saturday.
Pressed further on whether he was actually calling it a day, he replied: "All right, that's it. You happy?" before adding: "I'll think about it on the way home.
"The goal of the week was to stand on the bridge and get the picture. I knew I was bringing this thing, my ol' Pringle, so I knew I was doing that. I don't know what I really said to myself. I was just trying to say, 'Thank you, St Andrews'."
Faldo came close to not even making it to the course on Friday, revealing he had to make a hospital visit in the morning after opening up a cut on his hand.
He added: "This morning my cut (on his right index finger) was open again so I went back to the hospital and had it glued again and I didn't know what I wanted to do.
"The kids looked at me and said 'We think you should go'. When your kids say you're going, you're going, aren't you?
"Matthew was great. He said, 'Come on, I don't care what you shoot, just walk'. So we walked. I only got here at 12.15 and I was on the tee at 12.58."
