Topic: Seve Ballesteros

Ballesteros factor could influence Ryder Cup 2018 decision

ESTEPONA, Spain (Reuters) - European golf officials must decide between honoring the memory of Spanish great Seve Ballesteros and taking the Ryder Cup to new lands when they choose the venue for the 2018 edition on Tuesday.Since the death of Ballesteros this ...

Seve Ballesteros mourned at US tour event

Seve Ballesteros was recalled by US PGA players and officials for his style and flair as well as his golf skills on Saturday, hours after his death from respiratory failure at age 54."It was his creativity, his imagination, and his desire to ...

Aiken reflects on Ballesteros impact as he extends lead

TERRASSA, Spain (Reuters) - South African Thomas Aiken extended his lead at a windswept Spanish Open on Saturday but the day's action was overshadowed by the death of Seve Ballesteros.Aiken, who will take a two-shot advantage into Sunday's final round after carding ...

Absent Seve in Masters hearts, minds and menu

On the verge of a wide-open Masters that Seve Ballesteros would have loved, the Spanish golf legend was honored in the Champions Dinner menu selections of defending champion Phil Mickelson.Ballesteros, a flamboyant five-time major winner who turns 54 on Saturday, is unable ...

Mickelson abandons Masters menu tribute to Ballesteros

PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson scrapped plans to provide Masters champions with Spanish cuisine to honor Seve Ballesteros after learning the former winner was unable to attend this year's tournament.Spaniard Ballesteros, a double Masters champion, was diagnosed with a brain ...
It is every golfers ambition to win a major, and much more so to be either British Open Champion or the US Open Champion. Jack Nicklaus has won the most professional majors, having won 18 in total.Here are some of my favourite ...
Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin went all out trying to give their Ryder Cup teams that little extra push, an inspirational nudge that might make the difference between winning and losing at Celtic Manor. Since being named to the European team as ...
Looking for some extra passion, the European Ryder Cup team placed a phone call to Seve Ballesteros, the cancer-stricken former captain who took the event to new heights as a player. This year's captain, Colin Montgomerie, said the entire team was able ...

Why did it happen to me? asks ailing Ballesteros

Spanish golfing legend Seve Ballesteros has asked himself several times why he was struck down with a brain tumour whose effects still plague him and has forced him to abandon an emotional return to St Andrews next week, the scene of one ...
Spanish golf legend Severiano Ballesteros, who is still recovering from brain surgery in 2008, will not take part in the British Open on the advice of his doctors, he said on his website.Doctors who examined him in Madrid on Wednesday said his ...
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