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Archive - Seve career retrospective
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros is back in intensive care after undergoing a fourth brain operation.
A valve was implanted in the 51-year-old Spaniard's brain to drain fluid, while the surgery also repaired a bone defect caused by an earlier operation.
His condition is reported as stable and he will remain in Madrid's La Paz unit for monitoring.
A hospital official declined to confirm the surgery meant Ballesteros had taken a turn for the worse in his recovery.
Ballesteros first discovered the tumour removed in October of this year, and underwent three operations to remove the growth.
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His condition improved and the Spaniard was allowed by consultants to return home to his family in November, although a hospital statement did warn there was a long way to go before he would make a full recovery.
The 51-year-old won 87 titles during his career, including the Open in 1979, 1984 and 1988 and the Masters in 1980 and 1983.
He retired from golf last year following arthritic back and knee problems, while doctors discovered an irregular heartbeat when he was admitted to hospital in 2007.
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