HIS name is Ballesteros.

A minute’s silence and round of applause for Seve Ballesteros at a golf tournament is one thing, but when it comes before a tennis semi-final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal then you know the world of sport has lost a truly giant figure.

ON the same course where he hopes to represent Argentina in the World Cup in November, Ricardo Gonzalez won the Seville Open yesterday thanks to a 40-foot birdie putt on the final green.

Raul Ballesteros, the 23-year-old nephew of Severiano, has given himself the chance to win his first European tour title this weekend.

Seve Ballesteros withdrew from the Telefonica Madrid Open just before he was due to tee off today following the death of his mother.