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Seve Ballesteros's life and career in pictures

Seve Ballesteros: 1975 Sport, Golf, pic: circa 1975, Severiano Ballesteros, Spain
Seve Ballesteros turned professional in March 1974 at the age of 16
Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: 1976 Sport
Ballesteros announced himself to the world at the 1976 Open Championship where he finished runner-up to Johnny Miller
Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: 1979 Sport, Golf, 21st July,
Three years later, Ballesteros would win the Open Championship for the first time at Royal Lytham & St Annes
Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: 1980 Augusta National Archive
A year later, in 1980, Ballesteros won the Masters at Augusta, taking the famous green jacket
Photograph: Augusta National/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: Augusta National Archive
Ballesteros would repeat his Augusta win three years later, in 1983
Photograph: Augusta National/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: sport
Ballesteros punches the air in celebration after adding his second Open Championship title at St Andrews in 1984 Photograph: Getty
Seve Ballesteros: Ryder Cup
In 1985 Ballesteros became part of the first ever victorious Team Europe side in the Ryder Cup. Here he sprays team captain Tony Jacklin with champagne as Bernhard Langer and Sam Torrance look on Photograph: Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: Sport. Golf.
Ballesteros claimed his third and final Open Championship title in 1988 at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: 1991 (FILE PHOTO)  Seve Ballesteros's Health Worsens
Ballesteros shakes hands in celebration with partner José María Olazábal at the 1991 Ryder Cup. The pair would dominate their opponents throughout the tournament, but Team Europe still lost
Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: sport
Ballesteros practises on the beach near his home in Pedrena, Spain, in February 1996 Photograph: Getty
Seve Ballesteros: Seve Ballesteros
Named as Europe's captain for the 1997 Ryder Cup, Ballesteros led his team to a win on home soil at the Valderrama Golf Club in Spain Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: Seve Ballesteros of Spain
Ballesteros looks for a way out of the bunkers during the 1999 Volvo Masters at the Montecastillo Golf Club in Jerez, Spain Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: Madeira Open X
Chronic back pain would limit Ballesteros to just nine tournaments in 2002, but he did find time to get a tattoo of himself celebrating his 1984 Open Championship win Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: 135th Open Championship - 2nd Round
In 2006 Ballesteros entered the Open Championship for the first time in five years, but failed to make the cut Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images
Seve Ballesteros: The Open Championship
A year later, in 2007, Ballesteros would announce his retirement from golf at a press conference during previews of The Open Championship Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images
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