Sir Nick Faldo is a legend of British golf in his own right and with Rory McIlroy up for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, he’s been giving some thoughts on proceedings.
Faldo remains the last golfer to win the award and is one of only two from the sport to ever win first place, alongside Dai Rees all the way back in 1957.
Faldo took the award in 1989, the year he won the Masters for the first time. As we know, he’d go on to win at Augusta again in 1990, while he also won The Open that year too.
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Still, since then, we’ve seen golfers come up shy in terms of winning, with Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke among the few who have finished inside the top three.
But with McIlroy up for the award in 2025 and with a great chance of breaking golf’s hiatus at the top, Faldo has been sharing his thoughts on his win.
Sir Nick Faldo reflects on winning Sports Personality of the Year
With Faldo being such an icon of British golf, he was always going to come up this year as fans eagerly wait to see if McIlroy has come out on top.
Looking at Faldo’s achievement and the lack of winners since, it only highlights just how impressive a feat it was.
Indeed, looking back on reflection, Faldo has admitted via social media it was the result of some big work on a swing change he’d made.
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Why Rory McIlroy deserves to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year
McIlroy could win this award just for the fact that he wrote his name into golf immortality by completing the Grand Slam and finally winning The Masters.
The fact he has done so much more on top in 2025, only adds weight to why he should win.
Sure, the likes of Lando Norris and Luke Littler have had superb years, while women’s football once again brings strong representation.
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But for McIlroy, the achievements of 2025, with multiple PGA Tour wins, another Race to Dubai title and not forgetting his leading role in winning the Ryder Cup, mean that he is the shining star.
If he doesn’t get it, then we might as well close the book on a golfer ever winning it again.
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