Defending Masters champion Nick Faldo blasts out of a bunker on the second hole during his practice round for the Masters in Augusta, Ga., April. 9, 1997. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

From the where-are-they-now file: 20 years ago, 1994, Brenna Cepelak was one of the most highly recruited golfers in UA history, a three-time New Mexican prep champion. At the ’95 Tucson Open, she met golf star Nick Faldo. He was 38. She quit the UA golf team to be with him. They began a relationship and were together until 1998 and often became fodder for British tabloids.

Today Cepelak is married, has three children, and lives in Omaha, Nebraska.


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