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He became the fourth Spanish player to win a green jacket, joining Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia.

The spirit of Seve Ballesteros will surely embolden the dozen European golfers eventually charged with trying to retain the Ryder Cup in New York this September.

Great Britain and Ireland take on Continental Europe in a match that in the vast majority of previous incarnations was appropriately known as the 'Seve Trophy'.

Seve was the original Continental European captain, inspiring a one point victory over Colin Montgomerie's GB&I team at Sunningdale in 2000.

It was the first Ryder Cup after Seve's death aged 54 - and that spirit remains.