Faldo offers major help to young Europeans

NICK FALDO wants to help Europe’s up-and-coming stars end a barren run in the majors that now stretches back over four seasons.

Faldo returns to action after the birth of his fourth child in this week's NEC world championship in Ohio, his sequence of successive majors having ended at 65 when he chose to stay at home rather than play in last week's United States PGA championship.

The event saw American Shaun Micheel make it five first-time major winners in a row but none of them was European. The last was Paul Lawrie at the 1999 British Open.