Every two years, when it’s Ryder Cup season, Seve Ballesteros is omnipresent for Team Europe.

Images of Ballesteros, some accompanied by famous quotes of his, adorn the walls of the European team room like wallpaper.

It’s all there as inspiration because Ballesteros built a reputation as not only the greatest Spanish player ever, but one of the greatest European Ryder Cuppers of all time, having compiled a 20-12-5 career record.

No one reveres Ballesteros with more passion than Jon Rahm, the 30-year-old Spaniard who calls Seve his idol.

There will come a time — and it’s coming fast — when Rahm is that figure that Ballesteros represents. Rahm will be the idol of players coming up in future generations. 4

He’s become an unbeatable force for Europe. In this Ryder Cup, he’s 3-1 enter

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