“The word is control. That’s my ultimate — to have control.”
Married her in 1979,
less than five years later they parted
when she discovered
he was having an affair
with his manager’s secretary.
Faldo said,: “We were happily married
for eight months.
Unfortunately, we were married for four-and-a-half years.”
Faldo’s divorce from Wife #1
came before his major championship successes
and her settlement was relatively small….
He married his manager’s secretary in 1986.
The couple had three children.
When Faldo moved to America in 1995
to play full-time on the PGA tour,
Wife #2 stayed at home in England
and the marriage ended later that year
after Faldo began a relationship
with a 20-year-old American golfing student.
Wife #2 later revealed the births of their three children
had been induced
to avoid any clashes
with Faldo’s playing schedule.
She said of Faldo:
“Socially, he was a 24-handicapper.”
Faldo’s three-year affair
with the 21- or 22-year-old, ended
when he met a Swiss publicist.
The spurned 23-year-old famously
battered Faldo’s Porsche 959 with a golf club,
probably a nine-iron,
causing thousands of dollars of damage.
Faldo’s relationship with Wife #3 began in 1998
when they met at the European Masters golf tournament.
and married Faldo in July, 2001
in a lavish ceremony.
They have a daughter (born 2003).
May, 2006, Faldo had filed for divorce.
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SELF-control
must be so much harder to achieve.