Though his last tournament victory was in the Spanish Open more than five years ago, the appeal of Seve Ballesteros among rank and file golf enthusiasts seems to be undiminished. So it is that in a readers' poll by Today's Golfer, Ballesteros has been voted their all-time favourite, the so-called "People's Champ".

The top-20 are: 1 Ballesteros; 2 Tiger Woods; 3 Jack Nicklaus; 4 Nick Faldo; 5 Arnold Palmer; 6 Colin Montgomerie; 7 Ernie Els; 8 Sergio Garcia; 9 Darren Clarke; 10 Laura Davies; 11 Lee Trevino; 12 Gary Player 13 Padraig Harrington; 14 Ben Hogan; 15 Ian Woosnam; 16 Lee Westwood; 18 Greg Norman; 18 Sam Torrance; 19 Jean Van de Velde; 20 David Duval.

Incidentally, the citation for Harrington describes him as: Dublin's finest with the first name that nobody seems to be able to pronounce. Undoubtedly he won your (readers) respect for the "oh well, it happens" way that he handled his disqualification from this year's B and H International.