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Seve Ballesteros
Ballesteros at the 2006 Open Championship
Personal information
Full name	Severiano Ballesteros Sota
Born	(1957-04-09)9 April 1957 Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain
Died	7 May 2011(2011-05-07) (aged 54) Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationality	Spain
Spouse	Carmen Botín O'Shea (m. 1988–2004, divorced)
Children	2 sons, 1 daughter
Career
Turned professional	1974
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	91
Highest ranking	1 (27 April 1986) (61 weeks)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	9
European Tour	50 (1st all time)
Japan Golf Tour	6
Other	31
Best results in major championships (wins: 5)
Masters Tournament	Won: 1980, 1983
PGA Championship	5th: 1984
U.S. Open	3rd: 1987
The Open Championship	Won: 1979, 1984, 1988
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 1999 (member page) European Tour Order of Merit winner 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1991 European Tour Player of the Year 1986, 1988, 1991

Severiano "Seve" 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. A member of a gifted golfing family, he won more than 90 international tournaments in his career, including five major championships between 1979 and 1988: The Open Championship three times, and the Masters Tournament twice. He gained attention in the golfing world in 1976, when at the age of 19 he finished second at The Open. He played a leading role in the re-emergence of European golf, helping the European Ryder Cup team to five wins both as a player and captain. He won the World Match Play Championship a record-tying five times. He is generally regarded as the greatest Continental European golfer of all time.

Ballesteros won a record 50 European Tour titles. He won at least one European Tour title for 17 consecutive years between 1976 and 1992. His final victory was at the 1995 Peugeot Spanish Open. Largely because of back-related injuries, Ballesteros struggled with form during the late 1990s. Despite this, he continued to be involved in golf, creating the Seve Trophy and running a golf course design business. Ballesteros eventually retired from competitive golf in 2007 because of continued poor form.

In 2008 he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. Ballesteros was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for the second time at the BBC Sports Personality Awards 2009. He was presented with the award at his home in Spain by his compatriot and former Ryder Cup teammate José María Olazábal.

Ballesteros died of brain cancer on 7 May 2011, aged 54.

Career outline

Early life and career

Severiano Ballesteros Sota was born in the village of Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain, on 9 April 1957, the youngest of five sons of Baldomero Ballesteros Presmanes (1919–1987) and Carmen Sota Ocejo (1919–2002). One died in childhood, all the others became professional golfers. He learned the game while playing on the beaches near his home, at the time while he was supposed to be in school, mainly using a 3-iron given to him by his older brother Manuel when he was eight years old. His maternal uncle Ramón Sota was Spanish professional champion four times and finished sixth in the Masters Tournament in 1965. Ballesteros' older brother Manuel finished in the top 100 on the European Tour Order of Merit every year from 1972 to 1983, and later became Ballesteros' manager. His brothers Vicente and Baldomero, and nephew Raúl are also professional golfers.

Ballesteros turned professional in March 1974 at the age of 16. He burst onto the international scene with a second-place finish in 1976 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Ballesteros led by two shots after the third round, but a final round 74 saw him tie with Jack Nicklaus, six shots behind the winner Johnny Miller. He went on to win the European Tour Order of Merit (money title) that year, a title that he would win the next two years, and six times total, a record at the time (since surpassed by Colin Montgomerie). Ballesteros won his first Open Championship in 1979 with a closing 70, a round in which he famously hit his tee shot into a car park on the 16th hole yet still made a birdie.

Ballesteros went on to win five major championships: the Masters Tournament in 1980 and 1983, and The Open Championship in 1979, 1984 and 1988. His 1980 Masters win was the first by a European player, and at the time he was the youngest winner of the tournament, at age 23 (though this record was broken by Tiger Woods in 1997, when he was 21 years old). His 1979 win at The Open Championship similarly made him the youngest winner of the tournament in the 20th century, and the first golfer from continental Europe to win a major since Frenchman Arnaud Massy won The Open in 1907. Ballesteros won the rain delayed Masters in 1983 by 5 shots. Ballesteros described the putt he holed on the 18th green at St Andrews to win the 1984 Open Championship as "the happiest moment of my whole sporting life."

In 1988, Ballesteros won his fifth and last major title, The Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes. The final round was played on Monday after torrential rain had flooded the course and forced Saturday’s play to be abandoned. Ballesteros described his final round of 65 which beat Nick Price by two shots as "perhaps the best round of my entire career."

For much of the 1980s and 1990s, Ballesteros was a mainstay of the European Ryder Cup team. He scored 22½ points in 37 matches against the United States; his partnership with fellow Spaniard José María Olazábal was the most successful in the history of the competition, with 11 wins and two halved matches out of 15 pairs matches. While Ballesteros was a member of European sides that won the Ryder Cup in 1985, retained the Cup in 1987 and 1989, and regained the Cup in 1995, the pinnacle of his career in the competition came in 1997, when he captained the winning European side at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain. This was the first Ryder Cup ever held in continental Europe.

Ballesteros led the Official World Golf Rankings for a total of 61 weeks in the period from their inauguration (in April 1986) to September 1989, including being world number one at the end of the 1988 season. He also led McCormack's World Golf Rankings, published in McCormack's "World Of Professional Golf" annuals (from which the official rankings were developed) in 1983, 1984 and 1985. He was ever-present in the end of season world's top ten according to those rankings for fifteen years, from 1977 to 1991 inclusive.

Late career and retirement

In 1999, Ballesteros was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was instrumental in introducing the Seve Trophy in 2000, a team competition similar to the Ryder Cup pitting a team from Great Britain and Ireland against one from continental Europe. In 2000, Ballesteros was ranked as the 16th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest magazine; he was the top golfer from the continent of Europe.

Ballesteros had played sparingly since the late 1990s because of back problems, and made his first start in years at the 2005 Madrid Open. He stated a desire to play more tournaments in the 2006 season. He entered the 2006 Open Championship, having played just one other event on the European Tour, The Open de France Alstom, where he missed the cut. He ran a thriving golf course design business and had been eligible for the Champions Tour and European Seniors Tour upon turning 50 in 2007. Ballesteros had been the captain of the European team in the Royal Trophy since its inception in 2006. He was announced again as non-playing captain of the 2008 European team to defend the Royal Trophy against the Asian team at the Amata Spring Country Club in Bangkok.

After further recurrences of his back problems, which contributed to his finishing tied for last in his only Champions Tour start, Ballesteros announced his retirement from golf on 16 July 2007, bringing down the curtain on an illustrious career. During the news conference, he also addressed reports in European media that he had attempted suicide, saying that those reports "were not even close to reality". He had been briefly hospitalized when he became concerned about the condition of his heart, but was released the same day after being given a clean bill of health.

Ballesteros was a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy. He had become involved in European golf course design in his later years, most famously altering the 17th hole at Valderrama before the 1997 Ryder Cup.

Personal life

Ballesteros was married to Carmen Botín O'Shea, daughter of Emilio Botín, from 1988 until their divorce in 2004, in the municipality of Marina de Cudeyo in Cantabria. The couple had three children, Javier, Miguel and Carmen. The marriage was said to have run into trouble when Ballesteros could not accept the fact his career was on the wane.

Brain tumour and death

At Madrid-Barajas Airport on 6 October 2008, Ballesteros lost consciousness and was admitted to hospital. Six days later, he confirmed that he had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. On 15 October, Spanish news agency EFE reported that he had undergone a 12-hour operation to resect the tumour, the first of four operations he would have. A hospital spokeswoman stated that surgeons had removed a sizable part of the tumour. On 23 October, it was confirmed publicly that the tumour was classified as a cancerous oligoastrocytoma, and after a rapid deterioration of his health, further surgery took place on 24 October to stabilize him and try to remove the remainder of the tumour. On 24 October, it was confirmed that the tumour had been removed after a 6½-hour operation. On 3 November, it was confirmed by the hospital that he was starting his rehabilitation in the intensive care unit, and was breathing steadily. On 18 November, he was moved out of the intensive care unit and changed wards at Madrid's La Paz Hospital to continue his rehabilitation.

Ballesteros was discharged from hospital on 9 December 2008. He then returned home to northern Spain and underwent chemotherapy treatment as an outpatient. In January 2009 a message on his website said he had responded well to one course of chemotherapy.

"I am very motivated and working hard although I am aware that my recovery will be slow and therefore I need to be patient and have a lot of determination. For these reasons I am following strictly all the instructions that the doctors are giving me. Besides, the physiotherapists are doing a great job on me and I feel better every day."

Ballesteros completed a second course of chemotherapy at Madrid's La Paz Hospital in February 2009. Speaking through his website he said, "The results of the check-up were really positive, better even than the first ones." He finished a third round of treatment in March 2009, and completed his fourth and final course of chemotherapy a month later.

In June, Ballesteros made his first public appearance after treatment for the brain tumour. He said it was a "miracle" to be alive and he thanked everyone who had been involved in his care and welfare.

At his first public appearance, Ballesteros announced the launch of the "Seve Ballesteros Foundation". This foundation was set up to help those with cancer fight it. The foundation aims to research cancer, especially brain tumours, but it will also help financially challenged young golfers, so they might be as successful as he.

On 6 May 2011, Ballesteros' family released a statement announcing that his neurological condition had "suffered a severe deterioration". He died within hours of the announcement in the early hours of 7 May 2011; his older brother Baldomero confirmed the precise time of death at 2:10 am CEST.

Tributes

The Open de España was underway when Ballesteros died. The European Tour marked his death with a moment of silence during the third round at the Real Club de Golf El Prat in Barcelona.

Tiger Woods described Ballesteros as "one of the most talented and exciting golfers to ever play the game". Lee Westwood said of Ballesteros, "Seve made European golf what it is today".

At the Madrid Open tennis tournament, a moment of silence was held prior to the semi-final match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Nadal, a close friend of Ballesteros, was seen wiping away tears as he watched the video screen.

On 8 May, at 15:08 EST, the three major U.S. men's tours stopped play and held a moment of silence.

On 10 May, the Irish Independent said of him: "He spoke many other languages too: the dialects of honour, of dignity, of sportsmanship, of decency, of fair play, of loyalty, of integrity, and in the end, of dauntless, unforgettable, astonishing courage. In doing so, he rewrote entirely the international image of the Spanish people. Quite simply, there has never been a finer ambassador for either his sport or his country."

A funeral service was held for Ballesteros at the parish church of San Pedro, in his home village of Pedreña. Due to the number of those in attendance, several big screens were installed outside the 400-capacity church. His ashes were then to be scattered at his home estate.

The day of Ballesteros' death, the Spanish flag was raised at the World Golf Hall of Fame in Florida, the United States flag was lowered to half-staff, a photo of Ballesteros was hung in the box office, and a black ribbon was hung on the outside of his locker. The next weekend, at nearby TPC Sawgrass, the Spanish flag was flown at half-staff during the 2011 Players Championship at the request of defending champion Tim Clark, in place of his native South African flag. Clark went on to state, "Seve was a hero of mine growing up...In losing [him] last week, I think the whole golfing world is saddened by that. To have his flag up here is just a small little tribute to him. Obviously he deserves a whole lot more."

Legacy

The 2012 Ryder Cup, the first to be played after Ballesteros' death, saw the European team wearing navy blue and white garments on the final day in memory of Seve, who traditionally wore navy blue on the last day of a tournament. Additionally, the team's kit also bore the silhouette of Ballesteros after his win at the 1984 Open Championship. The Irish golfer Pádraig Harrington, Nick Faldo and other European players proposed that the PGA replace the image of Harry Vardon on the European Tour's official logo with one of Ballesteros (a silhouette of the iconic image of Ballesteros' "salute", following his win at the 1984 Open Championship).

The airport of his homeland, Cantabria, is named after Ballesteros since the Spanish Government approved on the 16 April 2015. The name changed from Santander Airport to Seve Ballesteros - Santander Airport. This change was done after the regional parliament approved unanimously a petition in May 2014. The reason that moved this popular initiative was to honor Ballesteros for being one of the most universal Cantabrians and an example in sports and life.

Professional wins (91)

European Tour wins (50)

Legend

Major championships (5)

Flagship events (2)

Other European Tour (43)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Aug 1976	Dutch Open	−13 (65-73-68-69=275)	8 strokes	Howard Clark
2	8 May 1977	Open de France	−6 (69-70-71-72=282)	3 strokes	John Bland, Antonio Garrido, Manuel Piñero, Ian Stanley
3	25 Jun 1977	Uniroyal International Championship	−12 (70-70-67-69=276)	Playoff	Nick Faldo
4	17 Jul 1977	Swiss Open	−7 (68-66-70-69=273)	3 strokes	John Schroeder
5	21 May 1978	Martini International	−14 (67-67-67-69=270)	5 strokes	Nick Faldo
6	30 Jul 1978	Braun German Open	−20 (64-67-70-67=268)	2 strokes	Neil Coles
7	6 Aug 1978	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	−9 (73-69-68-69=279)	1 stroke	Dale Hayes
8	3 Sep 1978	Swiss Open	−8 (68-68-68-68=272)	3 strokes	Manuel Piñero
9	1 Jul 1979	Lada English Golf Classic	−2 (73-71-71-71=286)	6 strokes	Neil Coles, Simon Hobday
10	21 Jul 1979	The Open Championship	−1 (73-65-75-70=283)	3 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Jack Nicklaus
11	13 Apr 1980	Masters Tournament	−13 (66-69-68-72=275)	4 strokes	Gibby Gilbert, Jack Newton
12	27 Apr 1980	Madrid Open	−18 (68-63-70-69=270)	3 strokes	Manuel Piñero
13	18 May 1980	Martini International	−2 (74-75-67-70=286)	1 stroke	Brian Barnes
14	27 Jul 1980	Dutch Open	−8 (69-75-65-71=280)	3 strokes	Sandy Lyle
15	5 Jul 1981	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	−11 (69-70-68-66=273)	5 strokes	Antonio Garrido
16	4 Oct 1981	Benson and Hedges Spanish Open	−15 (71-67-70-65=273)	1 stroke	Steve Martin
17	25 Apr 1982	Cepsa Madrid Open	−15 (70-69-66-68=273)	1 stroke	José Maria Cañizares
18	9 May 1982	Paco Rabanne Open de France	−10 (71-70-72-65=278)	4 strokes	Sandy Lyle
19	11 Apr 1983	Masters Tournament	−8 (68-70-73-69=280)	4 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite
20	30 May 1983	Sun Alliance PGA Championship	−10 (69-71-67-71=278)	2 strokes	Ken Brown
21	14 Aug 1983	Carroll's Irish Open	−17 (67-67-70-67=271)	2 strokes	Brian Barnes
22	2 Oct 1983	Lancome Trophy	−19 (71-65-64-69=269)	4 strokes	Corey Pavin
23	22 Jul 1984	The Open Championship	−12 (69-68-70-69=276)	2 strokes	Bernhard Langer, Tom Watson
24	23 Jun 1985	Carroll's Irish Open	−10 (70-69-73-66=278)	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
25	7 Jul 1985	Peugeot Open de France	−21 (62-68-64-69=263)	2 strokes	Sandy Lyle
26	22 Sep 1985	Sanyo Open	−16 (66-70-65-71=272)	3 strokes	Jeff Hawkes
27	27 Oct 1985	Benson and Hedges Spanish Open	−14 (67-68-65-66=266)	4 strokes	Gordon Brand, Jnr
28	8 Jun 1986	Dunhill British Masters	−13 (67-68-70-70=275)	2 strokes	Gordon Brand, Jnr
29	22 Jun 1986	Carroll's Irish Open	−3 (68-75-68-74=285)	2 strokes	Rodger Davis, Mark McNulty
30	28 Jun 1986	Johnnie Walker Monte Carlo Open	−11 (66-71-64-64=265)	2 strokes	Mark McNulty
31	7 Jul 1986	Peugeot Open de France	−19 (65-66-69-69=269)	2 strokes	Vicente Fernández
32	27 Jul 1986	KLM Dutch Open	−17 (69-63-71-68=271)	8 strokes	José Rivero
33	19 Oct 1986	Lancome Trophy	−14 (67-69-68-70=274)	Shared title with Bernhard Langer
34	19 Apr 1987	Suze Open	−13 (69-70-68-68=275)	Playoff	Ian Woosnam
35	13 Mar 1988	Mallorca Open de Baleares	−16 (70-68-67-67=272)	6 strokes	José María Olazábal
36	17 Jul 1988	The Open Championship	−11 (67-71-70-65=273)	2 strokes	Nick Price
37	31 Jul 1988	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	−18 (67-70-66-67=270)	5 strokes	Gerry Taylor
38	28 Aug 1988	German Open	−21 (68-68-65-62=263)	5 strokes	Gordon Brand, Jnr
39	18 Sep 1988	Lancome Trophy	−15 (64-66-68-71=269)	4 strokes	José María Olazábal
40	23 Apr 1989	Cepsa Madrid Open	−16 (67-67-69-69=272)	1 stroke	Howard Clark
41	7 May 1989	Epson Grand Prix of Europe Matchplay Championship	4 & 3		Denis Durnian
42	3 Sep 1989	Ebel European Masters Swiss Open	−14 (65-68-66-67=266)	2 strokes	Craig Parry
43	11 Mar 1990	Open Renault de Baleares	−19 (66-65-70-68=269)	Playoff	Magnus Persson
44	27 May 1991	Volvo PGA Championship	−17 (67-69-65-70=271)	Playoff	Colin Montgomerie
45	2 Jun 1991	Dunhill British Masters	−13 (66-66-68-75=275)	3 strokes	Eamonn Darcy, David Gilford, Tony Johnstone, Sam Torrance, Keith Waters
46	9 Feb 1992	Dubai Desert Classic	−16 (66-67-69-70=272)	Playoff	Ronan Rafferty
47	8 Mar 1992	Turespana Open de Baleares	−11 (70-70-69-68=277)	Playoff	Jesper Parnevik
48	8 May 1994	Benson & Hedges International Open	−7 (69-70-72-70=281)	3 strokes	Nick Faldo
49	3 Oct 1994	Mercedes German Masters	−18 (68-70-65-67=270)	Playoff	Ernie Els, José María Olazábal
50	21 May 1995	Peugeot Spanish Open	−14 (70-67-66-71=274)	2 strokes	Ignacio Garrido, José Rivero

European Tour playoff record (8–4–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1977	Uniroyal International Championship	Nick Faldo	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1983	Italian Open	Ken Brown, Bernhard Langer	Langer won with birdie on second extra hole Ballesteros eliminated by par on first hole
3	1984	Lancome Trophy	Sandy Lyle	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	1985	Carroll's Irish Open	Bernhard Langer	Won with birdie on second extra hole
5	1986	Lancome Trophy	Bernhard Langer	Playoff abandoned after four holes due to darkness; tournament shared
6	1987	Masters Tournament	Larry Mize, Greg Norman	Mize won with birdie on second extra hole Ballesteros eliminated by par on first hole
7	1987	Suze Open	Ian Woosnam	Won with par on first extra hole
8	1990	Open Renault de Baleares	Magnus Persson	Won with par on first extra hole
9	1991	Peugeot Spanish Open	Eduardo Romero	Lost to birdie on seventh extra hole
10	1991	Volvo PGA Championship	Colin Montgomerie	Won with birdie on first extra hole
11	1992	Dubai Desert Classic	Ronan Rafferty	Won with birdie on second extra hole
12	1992	Turespana Open de Baleares	Jesper Parnevik	Won with birdie on sixth extra hole
13	1994	Mercedes German Masters	Ernie Els, José María Olazábal	Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour wins (9)

Legend

Major championships (5)

Regular PGA Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	2 Apr 1978	Greater Greensboro Open	72-75-69-66=282	−6	1 stroke	Jack Renner, Fuzzy Zoeller
2	21 Jul 1979	The Open Championship	73-65-75-70=283	−1	3 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Jack Nicklaus
3	13 Apr 1980	Masters Tournament	66-69-68-72=275	−13	4 strokes	Gibby Gilbert, Jack Newton
4	11 Apr 1983	Masters Tournament	68-70-73-69=280	−8	4 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite
5	12 Jun 1983	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	69-67-70-70=276	−8	2 strokes	Andy Bean, Craig Stadler
6	22 Jul 1984	The Open Championship	69-68-70-69=276	−12	2 strokes	Bernhard Langer, Tom Watson
7	17 Mar 1985	USF&G Classic*	68-69-68=205	−11	2 strokes	Peter Jacobsen, John Mahaffey
8	12 Jun 1988	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	72-68-69-67=276	−8	Playoff	David Frost, Ken Green, Greg Norman
9	17 Jul 1988	The Open Championship	67-71-70-65=273	−11	2 strokes	Nick Price

* Note: The 1985 USF&G Classic was reduced to 54 holes due to inclement weather on Saturday.

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1987	Masters Tournament	Larry Mize, Greg Norman	Mize won with birdie on second extra hole Ballesteros eliminated with par on first hole
2	1987	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	J. C. Snead	Lost to par on first extra hole
3	1988	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	David Frost, Ken Green, Greg Norman	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

• 1977 Japan Open, Dunlop Phoenix
• 1978 Japan Open
• 1981 Dunlop Phoenix
• 1988 Visa Taiheiyo Masters
• 1991 The Crowns

Other wins (31)

• 1974 Spanish National Championship for under 25s, Open de Vizcaya
• 1975 Spanish National Championship for under 25s
• 1976 Memorial Donald Swaelens, Cataluña Championship, Tenerife Championship, Lancome Trophy, World Cup of Golf (with Manuel Piñero)
• 1977 Otago Classic (New Zealand), Braun International Golf (Germany), World Cup of Golf (with Antonio Garrido)
• 1978 Kenya Open, Spanish National Championship for under 25s
• 1979 Open el Prat
• 1981 Australian PGA Championship, Suntory World Match Play Championship
• 1982 Masters de San Remo (Italy), Suntory World Match Play Championship
• 1983 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa)
• 1984 Suntory World Match Play Championship, Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa)
• 1985 Spanish Championship for Professionals, Suntory World Match Play Championship, Campeonato de España-Codorniu
• 1987 APG Larios, Campeonato de España Para Professionales
• 1988 APG Larios
• 1991 Toyota World Match Play Championship
• 1992 Copa Quinto Centenario per Equipos, Fifth Centenary Cup (team)
• 1995 Tournoi Perrier de Paris (with José María Olazábal)

Major championships

Wins (5)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1979	The Open Championship	2 shot deficit	−1 (73-65-75-70=283)	3 strokes	Jack Nicklaus, Ben Crenshaw
1980	Masters Tournament	7 shot lead	−13 (66-69-68-72=275)	4 strokes	Gibby Gilbert, Jack Newton
1983	Masters Tournament (2)	1 shot deficit	−8 (68-70-73-69=280)	4 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite
1984	The Open Championship (2)	2 shot deficit	−12 (69-68-70-69=276)	2 strokes	Bernhard Langer, Tom Watson
1988	The Open Championship (3)	2 shot deficit	−11 (67-71-70-65=273)	2 strokes	Nick Price

Results timeline

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament			T33	T18	T12
U.S. Open				T16	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T2	T15	T17	1
PGA Championship

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	1	CUT	T3	1	CUT	T2	4	T2	T11	5
U.S. Open	DQ	T41	CUT	T4	T30	T5	T24	3	T32	T43
The Open Championship	T19	T39	T13	T6	1	T39	T6	T50	1	T77
PGA Championship		T33	13	T27	5	T32	CUT	T10	CUT	T12

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	T7	T22	T59	T11	T18	T45	43	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	T33	CUT	T23	CUT	T18	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T9	CUT	T27	T38	T40	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	T23			CUT	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT				CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT					CUT
PGA Championship

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	2	2	1	7	8	14	28	18
U.S. Open	0	0	1	3	3	7	18	12
The Open Championship	3	1	0	4	7	11	28	18
PGA Championship	0	0	0	1	2	5	13	8
Totals	5	3	2	15	20	37	87	56

• Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1984 U.S. Open – 1986 Open Championship)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (1984 Open Championship – 1985 U.S. Open)

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1979, 1983, 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners), 1989 (tied, cup retained), 1991, 1993, 1995 (winners), 1997 (winners – non-playing captain)

Ryder Cup points record

1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	Total
1	-	3	3.5	4	3.5	4.5	2	1	22.5

• World Cup (representing Spain): 1975, 1976 (winners), 1977 (winners), 1991
• Double Diamond International: 1975 (Rest of the World), 1976 (Continental Europe), 1977 (Continental Europe)
• Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing the Continent of Europe): 1976, 1978, 1980
• Dunhill Cup (representing Spain): 1985, 1986, 1988
• Seve Trophy (representing continental Europe): 2000 (winners - playing captain), 2002 (playing captain), 2003 (playing captain), 2005 (non-playing captain), 2007 (non-playing captain)
• Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2006 (winners – non-playing captain), 2007 (winners – non-playing captain)

See also

• List of golfers with most European Tour wins
• List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• List of men's major championships winning golfers
• List of golf course architects

External links

• Official website
• Seve Ballesteros at the European Tour official site
• Seve Ballesteros at the PGA Tour official site
• Seve Ballesteros at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Seve Ballesteros at About.com
• Seve Ballesteros profile at Golf Legends
• Official Seve Ballesteros Foundation homepage
• Official home page for the Seve Ballesteros Golf Academy
• The Economist Obituary
• Guardian Obituary
• Seve the Movie (2014) at IMDb