Faldo could make Muirfield return

Muirfield is to stage the 2007 Senior British Open just a week after Nick Faldo, twice a winner of the Open on the Scottish links, celebrates his 50th birthday and therefore becomes eligible.

The event, sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management, will be on July 26-29, following on from the Open at Carnoustie, and it will be the first time Muirfield has played host.

Faldo won the first of his six Majors at the course when Paul Azinger bogeyed the final hole in 1987, and on his return five years later he played what he called “the best four holes of my life” to overtake John Cook.

With Seve Ballesteros reaching 50 in April 2007, two of the all-time greats of European golf should be competing.

Faldo will have taken over from Ian Woosnam as Ryder Cup captain by then.