The 25-year-old is the first European player to achieve that feat since Nick Faldo in 1989.
Nick Faldo, though officially resident at Weybridge in England, spends swathes of time in America.
Previous winners include Tony Jacklin, Sam Torrance, Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Colin Montgomerie and Sergio Garcia.
The European team has resolved the internal bad feeling that arose over Mark James' comments about Nick Faldo.
He's also interviewed some great names including Andrew Flintoff, Nick Faldo, Frankie Dettori, Vinny Jones and Ellen MacArthur.
World number 13, Henrik Stenson of Sweden, had a dismal day on the Nick Faldo-designed course carding a 73.
The 1976 winner, who lost a dramatic play-off to Nick Faldo in 1990, won four major titles in his career.
For example: in 1990 Norman retained the top spot even though Nick Faldo had won three majors in two years.
By that standard, only Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo are in the conversation since Nicklaus won his last major in 1986.
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The Nick Faldo design anchors a full service luxury golf resort that also has a second nondescript 40-year old course (Castle Hume).
Nick Faldo produced his most consistent round of the tournament a 67 - though he too fell victim to the tricky 18th.
His focus was where it should have been, agreed CBS analysts Nick Faldo, a six-time major winner, and on-course reporter David Feherty.
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There are those, Nick Faldo most prominently, who say that changing everything all at once, including the ball, is a dangerous move.
Lyle was part of Europe's "Big Five" generation in the 1980s and 1990s alongside Woosnam, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer.
This matches the lowest 36-hole total at the home of golf, set by eventual winner Nick Faldo and Greg Norman in 1990.
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Nick Faldo remains in contention at four under after a 67 but Ian Poulter missed the cut after a round of 75.
The PGA Tour always reprinted the statistic, and Johnny Miller and Nick Faldo frequently mentioned it during NBC and CBS golf telecasts.
And the nostalgic love-in continued for the duration of his entertaining fourball duel with partner Fred Couples against Nick Faldo and Brad Bryant.
The technically-minded Nick Faldo, the world's best player in the 1980s and 1990s, was also the world's slowest pro, at least among the elite.
Resurgent Frenchman Jean Van de Velde and England's Wilson and Nick Dougherty also compete at the Nick Faldo-designed Honghua International Golf Club in Beijing.
Britain's Nick Faldo finished in the top 30, while Colin Montgomerie, in the middle of a terrible slump in form since he changed his clubs, came 31st.
He is the 22nd player to achieve the feat - and the first in the Open since Nick Faldo and Payne Stewart 17 years ago.
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No European has won the USPGA since Scot Tommy Armour in 1930, though Garcia, Montgomerie and Nick Faldo were all runners up in the 1990s.
"The captain's role has been built up way out of proportion, " said Nick Faldo, who led the European team in its 2008 defeat at Valhalla, KY.
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Six straight pars to finish saw the European Order of Merit leader become the first English winner of the PGA Championship since Nick Faldo in 1989.
Since then Seve Ballesteros, Mark James, Sam Torrance, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo have all captained Europe once before stepping aside, regardless of the result.
Other notable names to feature at Loch Lomond include Sir Nick Faldo, Colin Montgomerie, Sandy Lyle, Jose Maria Olazabal, Camilo Villegas, Ian Poulter, Boo Weekly and Adam Scott.
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