Remembering Seve's Skill and Charisma | Seve Ballesteros | The Masters

The first European to win The Masters, Seve Ballesteros paved the way a generation of golfers.

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Since 1934, the Masters Tournament has been home to some of golf’s greatest moments. Amidst blooming azaleas, towering pines and flowering dogwoods, the first full week of April ushers in a stage unique to golf and to sport. Over four days and 72 holes, the smallest field in major championship golf competes for a chance to capture the Green Jacket and a place in Masters history.

[Acanofbeer]

I was so happy when Garcia won his first major on Seve’s 50th birthday at Augusta. Truly magical and he deserved it. R.I.P. Seve we all miss you 👍❤️😢

[blujay]

Still the most artistic, graceful and esthetically pleasing golf swing I can think of. RIP.

[davidbrooks]

In his glory years with all systems flowing he was incomparable. A force of nature almost. Simply the best.

[mcsegeek]

Seve was just elegant. A true pleasure to watch. I miss him.

[danielgermano]

You can all say or think what you want, but one thing remains: this man was the GREATEST GOLFER OF ALL TIME.

[sidneygreen]

Still to this day i can't believe that the great man is no longer with us, seve thanks for the entertainment 👍😉

[tastewithjase]

Golf today is a science. Growing up watching him, it was a mythical art. Saw him at Lythmn in 88, you can't imagine now what it was like to see him then.

[timallsopp]

Had the pleasure of watching him play locally to where I live at The Belfry. To this day, I haven’t seen a swing or heard a ball crack like how Seve could do it. Charisma is too small a word for what the man possessed.
I remember seeing him walking thru the crowd entering the practice range and then right past me at one of the Ryder Cups at The Belfry. The ROAR from the crowd that greeted him onto the range was like the greeting roar a huge crown would give to a superstar rock star who had entered onto the stage. It was an unbelievable experience. I kind of felt sorry for his opponent that day. I thought, if this is the reception Seve is getting on the practice range, what’s it going to be like out on the course? Truly wonderful memories of a top flight professional sportsman!

[martysykes]

When Seve was in form, he had no equal.

[jhk]

I think I spotted an error, Olazabal won in 1994 and 1999 not 1998.

[erichansen]

Too bad they reported/recorded his score incorrectly in 1986. He shot 72/71/69/68 for 280 (-8). They had him on the scoreboard at 281 (-7). He should have won because of this error. He was only 1 behind Nicklaus at 279 (-9). Seve may have caught Nicklaus had he known he was just 1 down.

[javierbh]

Hadn´t it been for the brain tumor, he would have won at least another Master´s late in his career, ALA Jack Nicklaus in 86

[mburgermeister]

seve would have been the first to sign up for liv.