Seve Ballesteros had won Spain’s national open three times (1981, 1985, 1995), needing 15 years to do it; Rahm was able to match the accomplishment in five years, having won in 2018 and 2019.
Produced by the R&A, the 90-minute documentary charts the life and times of the late, great Spanish golfer, who died in May 2011 at age 54 after an 18-month battle with brain cancer.
If Dustin Johnson showed up for his pre-Masters press conference on Tuesday afternoon and announced he’d had enough of the golf grind and was retiring at age 34, he could walk off into the Augusta sunset knowing his next metaphorical stop would be the World Golf Hall of Fame.
To win on the same green where his late compatriot, Seve Ballesteros, had indulged in one of golf’s most iconic celebrations was, for the 54-year-old, a clearly emotional experience.
Australian Golf Digest
