Seve Ballesteros
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This name uises Spaingie namin customs; the first or paternal faimily name is Ballesteros an the seicont or maternal faimily name is Sota.
Seve Ballesteros | |
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![]() Ballesteros at the 2006 Open Championship | |
Personal information | |
Full name | Severiano Ballesteros Sota |
Born | 9 Apryle 1957 Pedreña, Cantabrie, Spain |
Dee'd | 7 Mey 2011 Pedreña, Cantabrie, Spain | (aged 54)
Hicht | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Naitionality | ![]() |
Spoose | Carmen Botín O'Shea (m. 1988–2004, divorced) |
Childer | 2 sons, 1 dochter |
Career | |
Turned perfaisional | 1974 |
Reteert | 2007 |
Umwhile tour(s) | European Tour |
Perfaisional wins | 91 |
Nummer o wins bi tour | |
PGA Tour | 9 |
European Tour | 50 (1st aw time) |
Japan Golf Tour | 6 |
Ither | 31 |
Best results in major championships (wins: 5) | |
Masters Tournament | Wan: 1980, 1983 |
U.S. Open | 3rd: 1987 |
The Open Championship | Wan: 1979, 1984, 1988 |
PGA Championship | 5t: 1984 |
Achievements and awards | |
World Golf Hall of Fame | 1999 (member page) |
European Tour Order o Meerit winner | 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1991 |
European Tour Player o the Year | 1986, 1988, 1991 |
Severiano "Seve" Ballesteros Sota (Spaingie pronunciation: [seβeˈɾjano βaʎesˈteɾos] 9 Apryle 1957 – 7 Mey 2011) wis a Spaingie perfaisional gowfer, a Warld No. 1 that wis ane o the sport's leadin feegurs frae the mid-1970s tae the mid-1990s.