Holmes keeping pros sharp, but forget Seve

SIMON HOLMES, golf coach to the stars, believes former client Seve Ballesteros will never again be a major force on the professional circuits of the world.

Holmes keeping pros sharp, but forget Seve

Holmes, a disciple of David Leadbetter, the man behind much of Nick Faldo’s success, worked with the Spaniard a decade ago when he was still at the height of his powers.

He is currently visiting making regular visits to Ireland to help in the promotion of a new course and coaching complex at Arcos de la Frontera near Jerez in Southern Spain. A graduate of Wake Forest, the university in North Carolina that produced Arnold Palmer and was also attended by Ireland’s Eoghan O’Connell and Darren Clarke, Holmes had his own playing career cut short by injury.

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