Ballesteros to miss Open

GOLFING greats lined up yesterday to wish Seve Ballesteros well after hearing he will not be at St Andrews for The Open next month after all.

Ballesteros, whose life was saved by surgery after the discovery of a brain tumour 20 months ago, was hoping to play in the eve-of-championship four-hole Champions Challenge.

It would have been a tear-jerking return to the scene of his 1984 victory – perhaps the highlight of his glittering career – but the 53-year-old has accepted doctor’s advice not to subject himself to emotional stress.