Product Description

Severiano Ballesteros is charismatic and can be charming, but his personality comprises layers of intrigue. Robert Green was written an amazing portrait of the man whose mind has been described as 'a private forest, a place impenetrable, indeed dangerous to others'. Over the past twenty years no other journalist has enjoyed such regular contact with Seve. Covering all the highs and lows of Seve's professional and personal life, this is the definitive biography of Ballesteros.This book is shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards for Best Biography.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16136 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

About the Author
Robert Green is the founder and editor of 'Golf International' and has retained as main contributors to his magazine Seve, Nick Faldo and David Leadbetter, the world's leading golf teacher. He also runs the magazine's own shopping and instructional channel on Sky. He is one of the few journalists to get close to Seve over a period of twenty years. Robert Green lives in Islington, North London.

Customer Reviews

A legend
Seve is a legend and this book is a great read for golf fanatics with fond memories of the maestro in his prime. He tells his story with passion, humour and honesty which gives you fantastic insight into the fiercely competitive boy caddy that became the world number one golfer, a husband, a father and a businessman and the rebelious nature that always ensured Seve took the non conformant path less travelled by his golfing peers.

Seve, his story for once.
Contrary to the previous review, this autobiography is not a 'boring rant' but is very revealing about Seve's upbringing and his battles with various authorities to sell the great game of golf to his home country and the European tour.The Ryder Cup, especially, would not be what is today without the influence of Seve.

The book also made me aware of how early in his career his back problems started and how through great determination and self belief he became the most dominant and charismatic golfer of his era.

Fiercely competitive but with a genuine love of the game and its traditions, anyone who saw him play will always have fond memories of how he lit up the world of golf in the 70's and 80's.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a glimpse of the behind the scenes world of the 'European Arnold Palmer'. A book, written genuinely from the heart and I only wished he could have expanded more on the people he came across and the players he battled with.

A boring rant
Before i say this, let me tell you i love Seve. I think he is the greatest ever golfer, and i love watching the guy. With that said, his book bored me.
I enjoyed reading the first third of this book, but after a while, you begin to notice a pattern. It is basically just one big rant about all the things the golf world did during his career that he didnt agree with, what he felt about it, and then tells us how what he was doing was always right and how great he is.
When someone writes an autobiography, chances are i buy it because i already think they are great, and so i dont need them to keep telling me that throughout the book. Its fine for them to write down their successes, but there is no need to keep saying "look at me, wow, i did this, im fantastic"
I found this book very boring, needless to say