Sir Nick Faldo meeting Prime Minister
Sir Nick Faldo and Journalist Sam Sakocius in Cambodia
Sir Nick Faldo can certainly afford a
private jet and a full entourage that is
de rigueur for many of the Celebrity
Designers in golf today, however the
reality is, even if you are an avid golfer,
you might sit next to him on plane to
some remote East Asian destination and
never know it until you were greeted with
the cameras on the jetway.
about 5’ 4”, the 6’ 4” Faldo had no chance of
finding anything that wasn’t built for tourists
and emblazoned with “I Love Elephants” or
“No, I don’t need a tuk-tuk.” Now one of
the advantages of working with a leading
business in a smallish country is that not
dissimilar to a great player thinking up a shot
to solve a problem on the course, a thinking
celebrity with a few resources at his disposal
will work out a way to make things happen.
So at Nick’s suggestion and to the delight
He is by far the lowest maintenance big
of his client he was whisked to a local suit
name I have ever accompanied.
factory for a custom fitting and then to the
True to his nature from his Tour days Sir Nick site for a reconnaissance stomp through the
travels light and arrives ready to work, so a
sweltering heat, muck and overgrowth while
suit and tie are not usually going to be in the a team of seamstresses worked frantically
bag when the plan is to be bushwhacking
on what to them must have been a colossal
through jungle or a forest of elephant grass. garment. After a white knuckled sprint
Such as it was upon arrival to Phnom Penh.
back to the city, and a quick alteration, he
Unbeknownst to him, while he was in the
arrived at the event looking like he spent the
air, the plans changed when the prime
afternoon prepping at the 5 Star Raffle’s Spa.
minister decided to meet Sir Nick with a
Although he admittedly was a bit thrown
formal greeting in the capitol. The problem when asked during the fitting if he wanted
as it emerged, was that Nick was without
Italian design or European design, it was
anything remotely suitable to wear to the
mostly just another day at the office.
meeting just 8 hours away. Compounding
Sir Nick is feeling great, staying in shape
the issue is that buying off the rack in
playing a lot of competitive golf these days.
Cambodia where the average man stands
We caught up with him via conference call
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