The Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros has accepted an honorary membership of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Ballesteros has a special relationship with the Old Course after winning the British Open there in 1984, when his fist-pumping celebration of a birdie putt on the final hole him famous across the world.
The 58-year-old is recovering from surgery for brain tumour.
He's widely regarded as one of golf's all-time greats after winning three British Open titles in 1979, 1984 and 1988 and becoming the first European to win the Augusta Masters in 1980, an achievement he repeated in 1983.
Ballesteros says the honorary membership is a great honour and hopes he wiill be able to come back next year and be part of the 150th Anniversary of The Open Championship.
