His death without any doubt came much too soon. His creativity and inventiveness on the golf course may never be surpassed. It's easy to see how Seve's daring and flamboyant style brought a new edge to a somewhat at times sterile game. Watching Seve was anything but boring. This was what made Ballesteros different. He had the flair which transformed the image of golf and brought a whole new audience to the sport.
Very few people are called legends in life but it's easy to brand Seve as one of them. Like or loath golf, today the world is minus a true gentleman. We've not only lost one of the worlds great players but also a great old school icon. At 19-year-old he was the youngest winner of the Claret Jug. His final round of 70 featured an astonishing recovery shot from a car park some 70 yards right of the fairway. A place where most of us have found ourselves, but then not necessarily been skilful or confident enough to pull of such a shot from a very nervous tight little lie alongside of a Ford Mondeo instead of from a luscious deep fairway as one had aimed for. In true style though he absolutely nailed the recovery shot putting it right up on the green where he then stepped up and birdied the hole. Magical. Truly magical.
Are those mark II Escorts in the clip ? Cars, parked on the course. Whatever next.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpcBFvZlyDk
Seve became the youngest winner of the Masters at the age of 23 in 1980 and made his Ryder Cup debut later that year. Thankful the world of sport gave something back as in December 2009 Seve was awarded the BBC's Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sports Personality of the Year event.
He had called his battle against the tumour the "hardest challenge of my life."
Life moves pretty fast. Sometimes we've gotta move quick to be part of it.
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