Ballesteros Has More Surgery

Golf giant undergoes fourth brain operation

By Nick McMaster

Posted Dec 2, 2008 4:13 PM CST

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Ballesteros Has More Surgery — 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.

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