Description
| Product ID: | 9780753511336 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Seve |
| Subtitle: | A Biography of Severiano Ballesteros |
| Authors: | Author: Alistair Tait |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Biography: sport, Biography: sport, Golf, Golf |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Seve is the most extrovert player Europe has ever produced. Ballesteros started Europe's domination of the Majors throughout the 80s and 90s, paving the way for Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle and Jose Maria Olazabal. Seve is the most extrovert player Europe has ever produced. Playboy good looks along with a magnetism that attracted non-golfers to the game made him the biggest drawing card Europe has ever had. He emerged on the world scene with typical élan, hitting one of the most outrageous shots ever seen at the 1976 Open Championship. Three years later he became the youngest Open Champion of the modern era when he won the first of his five major championships. Ballesteros started Europe''s domination of the Majors throughout the 80s and 90s, paving the way for Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle and Jose Maria Olazabal. His play in the Ryder Cup, fuelled by an intense dislike for Americans, helped restore Europe''s pride in the event. Driven by |
| Imprint Name: | Virgin Books |
| Publisher Name: | Ebury Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-08-10 |
