Seve Ballesteros, Dashing Golf Champion, Dies at 54
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Published: May 7, 2011
Seve Ballesteros, the charismatic Spanish golfer who won the Masters twice and the British Open three times and helped propel Europe’s rise in the Ryder Cup competition with the United States, died early Saturday at his home in northern Spain, where his struggle with brain cancer had gained wide attention in the sports world. He was 54.
Seve Ballesteros ignited interest in the Ryder Cup and was a trailblazer for Europeans on the PGA Tour.
Ballesteros had surgery for a cancerous brain tumor in October 2008 and had been cared for at his home in the coastal town of Pedreña, where he died early Saturday morning, his family said in a statement on his Web site.
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