Seve Ballesteros

Peak: 1984 — Seve Ballesteros rates 91 overall in the legends pool, a World No. 1 Material build with short game the clear peak at S+.

• Power A+ — well above the pool average in the legends pool; 6 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy D — well below the pool average in the legends pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• At A, Ballesteros's iron play rating is a mild soft spot (32nd percentile of the legends pool) — 17 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• Short Game S+ — among the very best in the pool in the legends pool; no one else in the pool rates higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting sits at A+ for Ballesteros, among the very best in the pool across the legends pool: only 2 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• At A, Ballesteros's course iq rating is modestly above average (52nd percentile of the legends pool) — 12 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve sits at S for Ballesteros, well above the pool average across the legends pool: only 4 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• Consistency B — the clearest weak point in the profile in the legends pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine A- — a step below the pool average in the legends pool; 17 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

World No. 1 Material. World No. 1 material — a top-of-the-pool overall rating without leaning on any single signature strength; the game simply holds up everywhere.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the legends pool matches this card more closely than Phil Mickelson, Walter Hagen and Tom Watson, in that order of similarity.

• Phil Mickelson,
• Walter Hagen,
• Tom Watson

Of the 24 events on the schedule, Masters Tournament, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Memorial Tournament suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• Masters Tournament — Major
• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am — Marquee
• the Memorial Tournament — Marquee

Legends aren't priced for Salary Cap — Seve Ballesteros unlocks wholesale, gold-accented, alongside the rest of the Peak: 1984 pool inside Legends mode, where every build gets the same nine zones and no budget to manage.

1984 Open at St Andrews — 2 Opens + 2 Masters (4 majors) by 27; 5 majors, 50 European Tour wins. Wild off the tee, genius around the green — the greatest short-game imagination in history; boom-or-bust consistency. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–11 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.