Sports | golf Ballesteros Has More Surgery Golf giant undergoes fourth brain operation By Nick McMaster Posted Dec 2, 2008 4:13 PM CST Copied In this Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, file photo, Continental Europe captain Seve Ballesteros is shown at The Heritage, Killenard, Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Seve Ballesteros is back in the hospital recovering from a fourth brain surgery, the BBC reports. The golf legend underwent a procedure in Madrid to drain fluid from his brain following the removal of a malignant tumor in October. The operation is an apparent medical setback for Ballesteros, 51, who had been allowed to return home last month. Read These Next JD Vance's war skepticism is becoming an issue. Original member of O'Jays may have been victim of serial killer. 'Miracle fruit' is helping chemo patients taste again. Something else being smuggled in from Mexico: cacti. Report an error