Profile details
- Born
- 9 Apr 1957
- Birthplace
- Pedreña
- Country
- Spain
- Height
- 183 cm
- Career
- 1974–2007
- Sport
- Golf
- Discipline
- Precision
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Gold Medal for Tourism Merit
- ▸Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit
- ▸Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Sports Merit
- ▸Princess of Asturias Award for Sports
- ▸Silver Olympic Order
- ▸World Golf Hall of Fame
- ▸Honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews
Medals
| Year | Medal | Event |
|---|---|---|
| — | Gold | Gold Medal for Tourism Merit |
| — | Gold | Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit |
Derived from this athlete's recorded achievements. Not an official medal register.
Statistics
About
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. A member of a gifted golfing family, he won 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.
Biography adapted from Seve Ballesteros on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.