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Severiano Ballesteros Sota (Spanish pronunciation: [seβeˈɾjano βaʎesˈteɾos]; 9 April 1957 – 7 May 2011) was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s.
The 1980 Masters Tournament was the 44th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.. Seve Ballesteros, age 23, won his first Masters and second major championship title, four strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Newton and Gibby Gilbert. [2]
Boca Raton's Bernard Langer told a telling story about an amazing shot he saw from the late great Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros during a tournament in Palm Beach Gardens.
During his career, Ballesteros was a shareholder in his Seve's business empire, Fairway, S.A. He held 5% of the company. [6] After Seve died in 2011, Ballesteros attended a charity pro-am in Wentworth, England, organized by Cancer Research UK. The event was entitled Ole Seve Pro-Am and raised money for research into brain cancer.
Jack Nicklaus called Seve Ballesteros’ shot out of the bunker at the 18th in the 1983 Ryder Cup at PGA National one of greatest shots in competition's history.
Jon Rahm paid tribute to the Seve Ballesteros as he claimed his first Masters green jacket on Sunday, 9 April, on what would have been the late golfer's 66th birthday. The 2021 US Open champion is ...
The Seve Trophy was a team event for professional male golfers; one team representing Great Britain and Ireland, the other team representing Continental Europe. In 2000 and 2002 the trophy was contested over three days (Friday to Sunday) with 8 foursomes / fourball / greensomes matches on each of the first two days (4 in the morning, 4 in the ...
The 1980 U.S. Open was the 80th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record to win his fourth U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Isao Aoki; in fact, as the tournament transpired these two golfers ended up playing all four rounds together.