The officials running the Volvo Masters at Valderrama two weeks from now are trying to come up with the best possible way to honor Spain's favorite son, Seve Ballesteros, during this event which marks the end of the golfing season. Ballesteros is awaiting the results of a biopsy done on a tumor in his brain, and this is inspiring golf officials to create a brief interlude at some point during the tournament days in order to honor the Spaniard who made a real name for himself over several decades of golfing. If they do not do something during the tournament, another possibility which has been mentioned is to create a Seve Ballesteros US University scholarship program for gifted young compatriots who want to combine golf with their education.

The latter of the two suggestions, while a touching gesture, is something that is sure to strike a chord with Ballesteros because of his own personal thoughts on mixing education with golf. When he announced that he would be retiring from the game of golf in 2007, he revealed that he had deep regret for giving up his teenage years to golf. He expressed wanting his own children to complete their educations, and recommended the same for other young golfers who wanted to go further in life.

Many who have tried to visit Seve Ballesteros over the past few days have been turned away, including Miguel Angel Jimenez. His brothers, who have been fiercely protective of him since he was diagnosed with his brain tumor, are keeping a close watch on him at all times. Jose Maria Olazabal, however, is one of only a handful of non family members who have been granted access to visit Ballesteros in the hospital. Olazabal partnered with Ballesteros in the Ryder Cup for a total of 11 ½ points out of a possible 15. Like Seve's family, Olazabal is calling for everyone to give Seve the space that he needs right now.

Jose Maria Olazabal was quoted as asking people to be patient, as well as to simply allow for things to happen in their own time while respecting Seve's privacy, according to his manager Sergio Gomez. He has also specifically asked that no one elaborate on Seve's condition until the results of the biopsy have been revealed. What Olazabal was willing to reveal, however, was that during his visit he and Seve had chatted about golf memories and life in general for at least a good hour. He also saw fit to mention that Seve had looked to be in the best of spirits and full of life, except for the natural worries about the tumor and the operation that would be necessary to remove it.

On October 15, it was announced that Seve Ballesteros had undergone a twelve hour operation to remove a sizable amount of the tumor from his brain. Ballesteros is in stable condition following the operation, in which there were no complications. It will be several days until the status of the tumor is known, and before a decision can be made regarding where to proceed from there.

Related Posts

• Michelle Wie and Robin Lopez At Charity Auction [pic] I am not normally one for celebrity gossip, but for some reason (I played basketball in college?) this story has my attention... From Stanford Secrets (Wie-Lopez): A guest contributer[sic] provided us with the following picture of Robin and Michelle canoodling at the Athlete Date Auction. We also heard that Michelle......
• Hiddenbrooke Golf Course Hiddenbrooke Golf Course is located in: Vallejo, CA Phone:  (707) 558-1140  Website: http://www.hiddenbrookegolf.com/ Course History: The legendary golfing great Arnold Palmer designed this course and it offers a wonderful challenge for all players. From the dramatic changes in elevation to the tricky greens, you'll have loads of fun at this......
• Golf Tips For Beginners – Picking the Right Course If you are just starting out as a beginner in golf, there are a few things that you need to know ahead of time. The course that you select as your place to learn can have a big impact on how you end up playing and if you’re not using......
• Player Profile for Seve Ballesteros Severiano Ballesteros is a Spanish professional golfer, and a former World No. 1 title holder. Following in the footsteps of his father and brother, Severiano Ballesteros turned professional as a golfer young, entering into his first Open Championship when he was only 16 years old. He announced himself in to......
• Harding Park Golf Club Harding Park Golf Club is located in: San Francisco, CA Phone:  (415)750-GOLF Website: http://www.harding-park.com Course History: This is a municipal golf course that was opened in 1925. Since then, it has been one of the most popular courses in the area. With a par 72 and more than 6,400 yards......

Related Websites

• A perfume compliment Light Blue I love to get perfume compliments but they are rare. For the most part, I wear perfume to please myself. I am very careful in large groups or going to dinner or around people who can't handle some fragrances. My husband can't smell many perfumes so unless I put my......
• What is Conservative? What is Liberal? What does it matter? The other day a co-worker found out that I listen to Sean Hannity during the day while I am at work.  His first response was;  "You're listening to Hannity all the time now, so now you're not even going to pretend you're an Independent anymore?" First off, this is not......
• Tennis Season Wrap up Now that the year is almost through, it seems like an excellent time for some reflection and wrap up on all things tennis from 2008. In women's tennis, for example, Alla Kudryavtseva made history in Wimbledon when she revealed the true reason behind wanting to beat Sharapova in the second......
• Stock Option Unretirement Do you have your retirement all planned out? So did Bob Bertrand. Now he is trying to unretire. Don't let this happen to you. The fools of finance keep exposing themselves. This week it's another job makeover candidate featured in Money Magazine. Bob retired in 2006 at age 58 to......
• Shepherd 2: Electric Boogaloo Folks - your IMs, texts and emails in the 2 days since I posted the short blurb about my mother's illness and Shepherd's death pulled me right out of the doldrummy tailspin and I am forever grateful. Janet and I arrived in Florida Wednesday and spent the night in my......

If you liked this article, vote for it on del.icio.us and stumbleupon.

Categories:

Golf Ball Driver, Golf News, seve ballesteros

Tags:

biopsy, brain tumor, brief interlude, close watch, compatriots, educations, favorite son, gesture, golfers, golfing, jose maria olazabal, miguel angel jimenez, own time, personal thoughts, ryder cup, seve ballesteros, spaniard, teenage years, university scholarship program, volvo masters