Ramón Sota Ocejo
Ramon Sota is a Spanish professional golfer and Uncle of the five time major winner, Seve Ballesteros and today will attend the funeral in their local church as he was also born in Pedreña, in the Cantabria region.
During his golf career he also made way for his nephew as he went on to win over 80 titles and five majors.
Ramon won many professional tournaments around the world, including national opens around Europe that formed the basis of what was to become The European Tour in 1972. Those wins included his own national open, three Portuguese Opens and the French Open. He also recorded a victory a the Brazil Open in 1965. He was also Spanish professional champion four times.
In 1965 Sota finished 6th at the U.S. Masters, which at the time was the best performance in the tournament by any European. He finished 10th on the European Order of Merit in 1971, the year prior to the official start of the new European Tour. He only competed on the Tour for one season, in 1972.
During that season's Double Diamond tournament he became the first player ever to be penalised for slow play in Britain. The humiliation he felt following the incident led him to retire shortly afterwards, although he did return to play on the European Seniors Tour for a few years in the mid 1990s.
Sota started the Club de Golf Ramon Sota in Marina de Cudeyo which has a 9 hole par–3 course and a golf school.
Wins
1963 Spanish Open, Portuguese Open
1966 Dutch Open, Puerto Rico Open
1969 Portuguese Open, Madrid Open
1970 Portuguese Open
1971 Italian Open, Dutch Open
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