I found this movie on Netflix streaming movies, I enjoyed it even more than I thought I would. It is a good mix of documentary footage and interviews woven into a re-enactment of Seve's early years, up to the point where he turned pro at 17.
Seve was one in a million. By that I mean he began to love golf by about the age of nine, he decided golf would be his life, he shrugged off school work and studies, he shrugged off getting a job or a back-up skill. He decided he was going to make a living just by playing golf. The other 999,999 who try that fail, it is just a hard game to become #1 in the world as Seve did.
The young actor picked to play Seve from about 9 to about 16 was a very good choice. He has a similar build to the young Seve and has a really good golf swing, making the re-enactments very authentic. It shows the familiar story, of Seve teaching himself the game on the beach near his home, using just a 3-iron. By doing that he learned the art of creating all kinds of shots which later made him such a wizard on the golf course. Then caddying at the local course, then becoming the best golfer around at a very young age.
I had the pleasure of being in his gallery once, in the 1980s while he was still at or near his prime. In early interviews he said he would never 'retire', to him that would be like giving up. But health problems, and in 2008 a malignant brain tumor, all conspired to cut his career and his life short, in 2011 at the age of 54.
I had only known him from watching his golf, now I feel that I know the person a bit. Excellent film, every die-hard golfer deserves to watch it.
Seve was one in a million. By that I mean he began to love golf by about the age of nine, he decided golf would be his life, he shrugged off school work and studies, he shrugged off getting a job or a back-up skill. He decided he was going to make a living just by playing golf. The other 999,999 who try that fail, it is just a hard game to become #1 in the world as Seve did.
The young actor picked to play Seve from about 9 to about 16 was a very good choice. He has a similar build to the young Seve and has a really good golf swing, making the re-enactments very authentic. It shows the familiar story, of Seve teaching himself the game on the beach near his home, using just a 3-iron. By doing that he learned the art of creating all kinds of shots which later made him such a wizard on the golf course. Then caddying at the local course, then becoming the best golfer around at a very young age.
I had the pleasure of being in his gallery once, in the 1980s while he was still at or near his prime. In early interviews he said he would never 'retire', to him that would be like giving up. But health problems, and in 2008 a malignant brain tumor, all conspired to cut his career and his life short, in 2011 at the age of 54.
I had only known him from watching his golf, now I feel that I know the person a bit. Excellent film, every die-hard golfer deserves to watch it.