Sir Nick Faldo has despatched a brutal reminder to long-time rival Greg Norman about his collapse on the 1996 Masters. Faldo gained three inexperienced jackets at Augusta throughout his spectacular profession, together with his final coming on the expense of Norman 27 years in the past.

Norman seemed set to lastly finish his watch for a Masters title on the 1996 occasion, after main the opening main championship of the 12 months throughout the opening 54 holes. The Australian headed into the ultimate spherical with a snug six-shot lead forward of the chasing pack, which was led by Faldo.

The pair joined one another within the remaining group on Sunday, and issues didn't go to plan for chief Norman. The former world No. 1 surrendered his benefit after carding a nightmare six-over-par 78 throughout his remaining 18 holes.

This allowed the ready Faldo to swoop in, greater than benefiting from Norman’s struggles by capturing a five-under 67 to place his arms into the well-known inexperienced jacket for the third time. Despite his win coming almost three a long time in the past, Faldo has been fast to remind his rival about their Sunday Augusta battle, poking enjoyable enjoyable at Norman’s famed nickname ‘The Shark’.

In a video posted to his shared Twitter account together with his spouse Lindsay, Faldo was seen sporting a ‘Jaws’ t-shirt while being requested “When was the last time” he had gone shark looking? Taking a swipe at Norman he replied: “1996. April '96 was my last shark hunt."

Not done with his joke there, the Englishman was then asked 'how it went', to which responded with a smile: "It went well. I didn't need a bigger boat if you know what I mean. My boat was big enough.”