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Ballesteros

British

/ baʎesˈterɔs, ˌbælɛˈstɛrɒs /

noun

Severiano (sevɛˈrjano). 1957–2011, Spanish professional golfer: won the British Open Championship (1979; 1984; 1988) and the US Masters (1980; 1983)

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The director Nico Ballesteros spent years by Ye’s side and released a 2025 documentary about him called “In Whose Name?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

A life-sized statue commemorating five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros has gone missing from his hometown of Pedrena in Spain.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Ballesteros, who died at 54 of brain cancer in 2011, won five major championships between 1979 and 1988.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

While the Smith parents loyally followed their sons around the country with Hampshire, father John was away that day, watching Seve Ballesteros win The Open at Royal Lytham.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

Then your own page, Diego de Ballesteros, hath reported falsely.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

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