US EditionPolice Investigate Missing Ballesteros Statue in Spain
Authorities are investigating the disappearance of a life-size bronze statue of golf legend Seve Ballesteros, stolen from La Barquería Park, with the public urged to report tips.
- On Jan 20, Spanish authorities opened an investigation after a statue commemorating Seve Ballesteros vanished from Pedrena, the Marina de Cudeyo Town Council said Sunday.
- The life-size bronze statue was created in 2009 by sculptor Salvador García Ceballos and permanently installed in La Barquería Park, Pedrena, in 2017, depicting Seve Ballesteros with his fist raised after his 1984 British Open victory.
- Local police said the life-size bronze tribute vanished sometime over the weekend, prompting efforts to locate it, and authorities urged residents to report any suspicious activity in the last 24 hours.
- Winning five majors between 1979 and 1988, Ballesteros's achievements make the statue a meaningful local memorial, as he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1999 and died at age 54 in Pedrena.
- The statue had long been a focal point in tiny Pedrena as a tribute to Seve Ballesteros' enduring legacy, so its loss resonated beyond the village and drew wider public interest.
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Statue of golf icon Seve Ballesteros stolen as police launch investigation
Spanish authorities have opened an investigation after a bronze statue honouring golf legend Seve Ballesteros disappeared from his birthplace of Pedrena in the Cantabria region over the weekend
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The Independent (US)Investigation launched as statue of golf legend Seve Ballesteros vanishes
It was revealed on social media that the statue in Ballesteros’ hometown vanished over the weekend
Life-Size Statue Of Golf Legend Disappears From His Hometown As Authorities Launch Investigation
If you are a sports fan, let alone a golf fan, who hails from Europe, one rule you must abide by is that you respect absolutely anything and everything about Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros. Someone appears to have broken that rule, as a life-size statue of the late Ballesteros has gone missing.The statue has vanished from his hometown of Pedrena, Spain, a town with a population of less than 2,000 residents located in the Cantabria region of the…
The municipality of Marina de Cudeyo (Cantabria) denounced this Monday the disappearance of the statue in homage to the Spanish golfer Severiano Ballesteros located in Pedreña, his hometown. Continue reading...
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