Ryder Cup: Seve most popular...ever!

Seve Ballesteros is the most popular Ryder Cup golfer, voted by UK golf fans, ahead of Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie.

 

The Spanish legend played for Europe in a total of nine Ryder Cups from 1979 – 1995 and was voted by 32% of respondents as their favourite while Nick Faldo earned 25% and 2010 European captain Colin Montgomerie 14%. (Honma Beres BP-1010 Putter )Call me a cynic but every category was won by Spain - and the research was conducted by the Ryder Cup Madrid 2018 bid. 

 

Around 1,000 UK golf fans surveyed also identified Spain (60%) as the country with the strongest Ryder Cup heritage out of all the bidding nations for the 2018 Ryder Cup - ahead of Portugal (12%) and France (9%) and Spain was also the preferred destination to host the 2018 event (37%), ahead of closest rivals Portugal (23%).

 

Ballesteros, who is recovering from brain surgery is patron of the Ryder Cup Madrid 2018 bid and commented:  "Honma BERES MG802 Iron Set  is humbling for me to see the support I have from golf fans in the United Kingdom and a great honour to be chosen as their favourite Ryder Cup player. I have always felt great support in the UK and every time I am there, it's like being at home.

 

"I have been fortunate enough to experience some fantastic Ryder Cup moments during my career and play alongside great friends and some of the best players in history.

 

"The Ryder Cup is one of the greatest sporting events and will always hold a special place in my heart. Everyone knows how much I love matchplay and team golf events. It would be fantastic to see the Ryder Cup come to Madrid in 2018 for what I'm sure would be an unforgettable event."

 

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