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Severiano "Seve" Ballesteros (born 9 April 1957 in Pedreña , Cantabria ) is a Spanish Golf er who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s . CAREER OUTLINE Ballesteros learned the game while playing on the beaches near his home, mainly using a 3-iron given to him by one of his older brothers. His uncle Ramón Sota was Spanish professional champion four times and finished 6th in The Masters in 1965. Severiano's older brother Manuel finished in the top 100 on the European Tour order of merit every year from 1972 to 1983, and later became Severiano's manager. Brothers Vicente and Baldomero are also professional golfers, but made little impact in tournament golf. Severiano's nephew Raúl has played the European Tour since the turn of the Millennium, but has had little success. Ballesteros turned professional in March 1974 at the age of 16. In 1976 , he burst onto the international scene with a second-place finish in The Open Championship ; he went on to win the European Tour Order of Merit (money title) that year, and repeated his Order of Merit win the following two years. He would go on to win the Order of Merit six times, a record at that time (since surpassed by Colin Montgomerie ). Ballesteros went on to win five Major Championships :
He was also a great at Match Play ; he won the World Match Play Championship five times, and was a mainstay of the European Ryder Cup team for much of the 1980s and 1990s. He scored 20 points out of 37 matches against the United States ; his partnership with fellow Spaniard José María Olazábal was one of 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. In 2000 , he created The Seve Trophy, a team competition similar to the Ryder Cup pitting a team from Great Britain and Ireland against one from continental Europe. Ballesteros has played sparingly in the last few years due to 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, but has already announced that he will not be fit enough to play at The Masters. He runs a thriving golf course design business. He is married with three children. EUROPEAN TOUR WINS
Major championships are shown in bold. OTHER WINS
Major championships are shown in bold. The three majors played in the United States did not count as European Tour events before 1987. TEAM APPEARANCES
RESULTS IN MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half way cut DQ = disqualified "T" indicates a tie for a place. Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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