Sir Nick Faldo is returning home after having “successful” open-heart surgery, the six-time major winner has said on social media.
The Englishman won both the Masters and the Open on three occasions and ended his career with 43 tournament victories.
Faldo, 68, is widely regarded as Britain’s greatest player of the modern era.
“Headed home,” read a post on Faldo’s X account, external.
“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.
“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 ’96’.
“Home never felt so good.”
Faldo was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1997 and was named PGA player of the year in 1990.
He spent a total of 97 weeks ranked as world number one.