SEVE BALLESTEROS UNVEILED AS BID PATRON FOR MADRID 2018 RYDER CUP BID

Spanish golfing legend Seve Ballesteros was today unveiled as patron for Madrid's 2018 Ryder Cup bid. Ballesteros was presented in front of media at Madrid's Puerta del Sol and used the event to declare his public support for the bid:

"I feel very pleased and very happy. Spain has been the heart of golf not only in Europe but in the Ryder Cup for the last 20 years and it is a great honour for me to be part of Madrid's bid for 2018 and obviously Madrid offers everything that the Ryder Cup will need."

Seve also used the occasion to comment on Tiger Woods' hotly anticipated return at the US Masters:

"I am pleased to see that Tiger Woods made the decision to come back and has finally decide to compete. I think that this is the best news that golf can have right now and I wish him good luck. He has a good chance to win the Masters this year, of course. If he decides to compete in the Masters it is because he knows that he has a good chance.

Hear Seve speaking about the bid below: