Ballesteros

British  

/ baʎesˈterɔs, ˌbælɛˈstɛrɒs /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

It captures the moment Ballesteros celebrated a famous victory at the Open Championship at St Andrews in 1984.

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

Spaniard Ballesteros, who helped Europe win four Ryder Cups as player and then captain, died of brain cancer in 2011 at the age of 54.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Nico Ballesteros was a high schooler with an iPhone when he entered Kanye West’s orbit in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Father Fray Diego Ballesteros, son of the convent of Toledo.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 by Various