Telegraph: "Even in the singular and self-satisfied world of professional golf, Faldo remains notoriously fond of himself."

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After Kevin Pietersen's claim that "his selfless resignation was the reason for England's Ashes victory" --and who wasn't spellboud by that here in the States--the Telegraph's Thom Gibbs and Mike Norrish prove it's a slow news day for UK sports by putting together a list of sport's biggest egos. Sir Nick made the first spot!

'I've never known Nick," said Sandy Lyle in 2002. "If he walked past me right now, he wouldn't stop to talk. He wouldn't even say hello." Faldo has recently reinvented himself as a commentator for ABC in the US. "Zing [Paul Azinger] was the straight man and I was the funny one, bouncing things off him, going off at tangents," he says of his first forays into broadcasting. Faldo has also branched out into course design and winemaker. "Talking about myself as a brand comes naturally now," he said.

"The financing for the acquisition included $1.5 billion of senior debt, $1 billion of mezzanine debt and $800 million of corporate debt, of which $200 million was previously converted to equity."

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Bloomberg's Hui-yong Yu and David M. Levitt report on the seizing of some of CNL Hotels and Resorts, placeholders for some of America's best known golf resorts like La Quinta, Doral, PGA West, Wailea and the Arizona Biltmore, by a combo platter of hedge funds, investors, banks and gulp, mezzanine debt collectors.

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UNM Woes...$1.3 Million Maintenance Budget!?

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Brad Klein fleshes out a few details about how the troubled University of New Mexico Golf Course is over $4 million in the red and the struggles can be attributed to a green fee and maintenance upgrade to compete with local upscale daily fees.

With green fees now set at $20-$39 for UNM students and $52-$70 for others, the course still runs an annual operating deficit of $400,000. The maintenance budget, including upkeep of the school’s on-campus nine-hole North Course, comes to $1.3 million a year. An aging cast-iron irrigation system, balky septic system and antiquated heating and cooling add maintenance “baggage,” Trujeque said.