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The Tiger of Europe. Did as much or more for European golf as anybody ever. A joy to watch play. A thousand ways to shoot 65! A genius with a golf club. I guess missing his tee time in the US Open doesn't seem like such a big deal right about now. So sad really...
 
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I saw him at a Ryder Cup in Rochester. From a distance there was no mistaking who was stalking down the fairway. He took up a lot of space, everyone around him disappeared. He played with abandon - so much more interesting, in a human way, then many of the current flawless but humourless technicians.

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Its a shame that alot of people may remember him as maybe a little bitter or for the fact that he completely lost his game. He wouldve been better if he were like Koufax, brilliant for a short period of time and then just went away for people to forever discuss his greatness. Too bad he hung on.
 
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I saw him one time at the old Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Michigan. During the practice round he was very friendly with the all the kids. On one tee he got down on his knees and hit a drive at least 250 right down the middle for the entertainment of the kids. He will be missed.
 
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Great blog, Brian. Seve's heyday was before I got into golf but I know he was one of the all time greats. I don't know anyone who wasn't very fond of personality or wizardry around the green.
 
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When I was young, my family bought me his book.
I remember studying it intensely. Difficult to master all the unlimited short game tips.
He was really great player, with creative shot making flare.
 
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A genius. An inspiration. An artist.
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There would not be the world golf there is without Seve. He forced GB/Ireland to include continental Europe into the Ryder Cup and he created singlehandedly the European tour. As a golfer, his short game and imagination were unbelievable. The fact that he never gave up, and played the 1995 Ryder Cup and could not hit a ball more than 220 yards is a testament to golf. It would have been great to have one last amazing win, but his health went bad. He will always hold a special place for anyone who followed golf in the 1980's. Every Euro pro owes him money for elevating a game that thirty years ago was mainly played in Great Britain. What a great golfer.
 
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Artist is a good word for it. Never seemed to play two shots the same way. Hated him in the Ryder Cup though.
 
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I was a huge fan of his as a kid and back in 1988 I followed him in a practice round with Mac O'grady at Doral and then the following week at Eagle Trace. He was showing Mac how to preform some of his amazing 3 iron sand shots and around the 16th hole I was getting a soda and he came up next to me to get something as well, I froze like an icicle but he said hello and chatted a bit, which for a guy who had been a huge fan of his for years was priceless. I took pictures of him that I still have today. He will be sorely missed by this golf fan.
 
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I remember watching Seve in the UK when his powers had all but left him. A huge hero of mine, I dashed to the first tee just in time to watch him hit the most awful drive, pushed 60 yards out of play. Second hole, he pull hooked it 40 yards left, and only some 70 yards forward. That was it for me, to see this majestic man being brutalised by a game he held in the palm of his hand for so long. And you know something? As I walked away from the group, I walked backwards so as to not miss a second of watching him.
That was it in a nutshell: Couldn't bear to watch him, couldn't take my eyes off him. Phenomenal.
R.I.P Seve
 
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