Severiano Ballesteros

Severiano Ballesteros won five major championships, a feat unmatched by any Spanish golfer before or since. At age 20, he became the youngest Open winner in 60 years in 1979, and his aggressive style revolutionized European golf. Ballesteros's 1980 Masters victory featured a birdie on the 8th hole that defied statistical odds, with only a 2% chance of success based on lie difficulty. He is cheaper than the typical golf legend in terms of official world ranking weeks at number one—only 3 but with a peak dominance characterized by 50 European Tour wins, outpacing #7-ranked Iker Casillas's trophy count relative to sport. His 1984 Open victory, where he holed a 30-foot putt on the 18th, remains one of golf's most iconic moments.