NAME: Severiano Ballesteros Sota.

BORN: April 9, 1957 in Pedrena, Cantabria, Spain. DIED: May 7, 2011.

TURNED PRO: 1974. RETIRED: 2007.

AWARDS: European Tour Player of the Year 1986, 1988 and 1991. European Tour Order of Merit winner 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988 and 1991.

Honours: Elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1999. European Player of the Century in 2000. Spanish Sportsman of the Century in 2000. BBC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.

VICTORIES: 91 (PGA Tour 9; European Tour 50; Japan Tour 6; Other 36).

MAJORS WON: 5 — The Masters: 1980 and 1983; British Open: 1979, 1984, 1988.

— His 50 victories on the European Tour ranks No. 1.

— Led the Official World Golf Rankings for a total of 61 weeks, from their inauguration (in April 1986) to September 1989, including being world number one at the end of the 1988 season.

— European Tour scoring leader six times.

— Won the World Match Play Championship five times.

— Ryder Cup: 1979, 1983, 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners), 1989 (tied, cup retained), 1991, 1993 and 1995 (winners). The non-playing captain in 1997 (winners).

— Instrumental in introducing the Seve Trophy in 2000, a biennial golf tournament between teams of professional golfers representing Britain & Ireland and Continental Europe.