Faldo honored with award shortly after father dies

ATLANTA -- Nick Faldo was honored with the Payne Stewart Award on Tuesday about an hour after his father died in England.<br /> <br /> Faldo was with his father at the time. George Faldo was 88.<br /> <br /> The six-time major champion accepted the award through a recorded video. He described his father in the video as "playing the 18th hole of life." Faldo's son, Matthew, was to receive the award on his behalf at a Tuesday night ceremony in Atlanta.<br /> <br /> The Payne Stewart Award is presented annually to a player who shares Stewart's respect for golf's traditions and commitment to charity and who takes care in how he presents himself through dress and conduct.<br /> <br /> Stewart, a three-time major champion, died in October 1999 when a private jet crashed into a field in South Dakota.