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    Caddie Billy Foster looks back on one of the most memorable moments from his time on the bag alongside golfing great Seve Ballesteros, when a slice of fruitcake bizarrely threatened to steal the show during a big head-to-head with Nick Price

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  • @wordgifts
    @wordgifts 7 років тому +50

    Billy Foster seems like a cool guy. And to have the nerve to suggest Seve concede that par putt? Brilliant.

    • @josephthornton4408
      @josephthornton4408 6 років тому +3

      Yeah, I can believe Billy here. Seve was utterly competitive, utterly focused on winning. And utterly brilliant. Made golf a real spectator sport.

  • @solomonfong1812
    @solomonfong1812 6 років тому +17

    This Billy Foster guy is just amazing

    • @washredskin887
      @washredskin887 3 роки тому

      great story teller indeed.

    • @aljames7345
      @aljames7345 Місяць тому

      And he had he integrity to ask Seve to concede the putt, which was lost on the great Seve. Seve was great, one of the best ever. But moments like the lack of putt concede and harsh treatment of caddies define you on a human level.

  • @stevenhearnden6103
    @stevenhearnden6103 6 років тому +12

    Golden age of golf.

  • @Cornwall1888
    @Cornwall1888 7 років тому +117

    Billy foster can cough in a Spanish accent, impressive

  • @simonz28
    @simonz28 5 років тому +9

    all my favorite golf memories have seve in there somewhere , great player

  • @industrialpalletworx3548
    @industrialpalletworx3548 Місяць тому

    I could listen to Seve stories for hours. He was very much done when I really dove head first into golf. Years later his genius still shines.

  • @mr739
    @mr739 2 роки тому +2

    I had the chance to see Seve many times in La Turbie in the '80's what a great champion
    we'll never forget you Seve RIP Champion...........

  • @ysgol3
    @ysgol3 4 роки тому +5

    Come on Billy, where are your memoirs ?
    A guaranteed worldwide best seller.

  • @jamesmurray3128
    @jamesmurray3128 6 років тому +21

    I've tried a lot of gamesmanship tactics to throw off my opponent. Never thought of fruitcake. That's why Seve was one of the greatest.

  • @larodonovan1136
    @larodonovan1136 6 років тому +7

    gracias seve-u are missed much

  • @davida.4933
    @davida.4933 7 років тому +26

    ya he should have given Price the putt.

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому +1

      David A. Price would’ve told him to shut the fuck up and putted it out just to prove that the bullshit Seve does doesn’t faze him.

    • @jasonpoletta1797
      @jasonpoletta1797 5 років тому +3

      Nah. He offered him a halve in the fairway.

  • @kingshearer2
    @kingshearer2 6 років тому +58

    The commentary is so dramatic, you would think Seve had murdered someone and zipped them up in his golf bag.

    • @alexgreen1823
      @alexgreen1823 5 років тому +6

      not really, I think the tone of this is appropriate

    • @joeythomas9251
      @joeythomas9251 4 роки тому +1

      Whether or not you agree with this comment, it’s hilarious.

  • @BourneAccident
    @BourneAccident 4 роки тому +10

    It was in Seve's benefit to give Nick the putt. When you are given a putt (especially a tester) it implies that you may miss. That tiny bit of doubt carries over. In the old days of match play, golfers were always pulling this "gimmie" strategy to create doubt and get into their opponents heads.

    • @sammyjones3500
      @sammyjones3500 2 роки тому

      That's true and an opponent did that to me once but it didn't work out for him.

  • @markbrown332
    @markbrown332 6 років тому +7

    Golf is a game of achieving honor not just a victory 😌

    • @ivanboesky1520
      @ivanboesky1520 6 років тому

      Mark Brown burp

    • @34672rr
      @34672rr 6 років тому

      no honor in a stupid game. now mma fighters, thats honor. kazushi sakuraba has more honor than any golfer ever

    • @michaellingle1
      @michaellingle1 6 років тому +1

      Integrity is binary, either a one or a zero. Seve was a zero, see my comments above. Want more testimony, buy Azinger two beers and say to him, "Boy, wasn't Seve a swell guy?"

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      It’s not about “achieving honor “ , but having integrity and good sportsmanship . It’s also about winning and being a part of golf history among the greats .

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      wiremessiah Really ? I don’t see the honor in MMA at all. It’s a dime a dozen in that profession. Takes 10 times more skill to play golf at the professional level than it does to become an MMA fighter. You don’t see the world’s best golfers with possible CTE after their careers are over with do you? MMA is way dumber when it comes down to the 2 sports . MMA isn’t what it used to be anymore if you know your history that is.... you ever watch UFC 1 ?

  • @kingshearer2
    @kingshearer2 6 років тому +7

    More Peter Alliss genius - you don't get that watching sky sports golf.

  • @DMR4736
    @DMR4736 2 роки тому +2

    He must have gotten some stuck in his throat, back in '86 at the final round of the Masters, on the fifteenth hole, when he pulled that four iron into the pond; or maybe it was Jack, finishing with a thirty on the back side, to win.

    • @fortesfree6807
      @fortesfree6807 9 місяців тому

      O tal vez fué porque había perdido a su padre hacía poco,a Seve se le respeta es lo mínimo que se merece el hombre que transformó el golf.Un saludo

  • @mutinyonthekitkat
    @mutinyonthekitkat 3 роки тому +1

    This reminds me of the Alan Partridge Seve Ballesteros commentary sketch.

  • @151bar151
    @151bar151 5 років тому +4

    1:59 you're welcome

  • @Jackel7
    @Jackel7 3 роки тому +1

    Billy foster is a legend.

  • @Cormac-jd2kx
    @Cormac-jd2kx 4 місяці тому

    Seve used to cough when he was nervous or not confident.
    Even before a t shot on a par 3 and wasn’t sure or asking the caddy and not very sure he used to cough before his own shot.

  • @randyunderwood2894
    @randyunderwood2894 7 років тому +11

    i would kill to be able to watch seve and tiger get after it

  • @LachyPalmos
    @LachyPalmos 4 роки тому +1

    This is magnificent!

  • @NomadJoe0323
    @NomadJoe0323 6 років тому +7

    What a funny story. Seve was right though, Nick must have known that Seve didn’t do it on purpose.

    • @A-FrameWedge
      @A-FrameWedge Рік тому +2

      Seve was well known to cough during a players backswing.

  • @markplatt1768
    @markplatt1768 6 років тому +3

    The most famous " banana " in history 😆

  • @fieldingmellish6856
    @fieldingmellish6856 7 років тому +21

    Seve tried every trick in the book.....

    • @Cartman8402
      @Cartman8402 6 років тому +3

      James OBoyle Have some respect, you douche-bags!

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      Roland Sievers For whom ? ..... Seve ? Nope . The dude’s a fucking cheat . Shut your fucking pie hole .

    • @Cartman8402
      @Cartman8402 6 років тому +2

      @@jamesroboyle It's you who needs to shut his pie-hole!

  • @aneyesky
    @aneyesky 5 років тому +6

    Only the 7th or 8th time he’s coughed on a backswing. Lol. Tom Watson and the Americans carried cough drops during Ryder cup events, not that it did any good.

  • @michaelking9772
    @michaelking9772 4 роки тому +3

    Yes Seve was a bit shity some times but you couldn't be annoyed with him,could you.!!!!

  • @east5871
    @east5871 7 років тому +19

    I thought this was going to be a "what a great guy Seve was" story.

    • @A-FrameWedge
      @A-FrameWedge 6 років тому +2

      Eileen Dover Not a lot of those stories around, but he was an amazing player.

  • @michaellingle1
    @michaellingle1 4 роки тому

    I attended about 30 professional events, eight majors. In those 120 rounds and countless shots, i only saw one man cheat, Seve. 1st hole at Augusta in Seve's first appearance. I was there.

    • @markholdenlanzarote
      @markholdenlanzarote 3 роки тому

      What did you see???

    • @BOO66IOU
      @BOO66IOU 2 роки тому +1

      As u can't elaborate clearly u saw nothing and just didn't like him! And apart from the masters he played little golf in America and he wasn't accepted purely bc he wasn't American. Typical American fans of the time.

    • @Old-Skull.
      @Old-Skull. Рік тому

      and while you was there i was honking your mama

  • @bailinnumberguy
    @bailinnumberguy 7 років тому +43

    Who the hell brings fruitcake as a snack?

    • @tubemaniac206
      @tubemaniac206 6 років тому +7

      a fruitcake of course

    • @kimehunt4501
      @kimehunt4501 6 років тому +6

      Cheaters

    • @JohnTheAussie23
      @JohnTheAussie23 6 років тому +3

      High calorie in a small package would be my reasoning.

    • @trulymeparker
      @trulymeparker 6 років тому +3

      Cockney bell ends

    • @MrSmid888
      @MrSmid888 6 років тому +1

      Randy Bailin laced with Spanish brandy!

  • @NickyDiamond44
    @NickyDiamond44 6 років тому +2

    I love how fans clapped after Seve’s terrible etiquette was allowed and rewarded. Seemed like a comedic sketch at that point.

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      nickderonde You could tell from Price’s Body Language at the end ; He wasn’t the least bit happy with Seve’s actions . Nick Price isn’t new to the game of golf last time I checked . He could see through Seve’s horseshit. He was only receptive to Seve’s friendly hug because there were people around. Otherwise, I’m sure he would’ve told him to fuck off and just shook his hand 😂😂😂😂

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      nickderonde The fans are sheeple unfortunately.

  • @crumplezone1
    @crumplezone1 6 років тому +1

    Lol, who said golf was boring !

  • @dessertman1181
    @dessertman1181 4 роки тому

    Seve he was famous for those types of stunts

  • @Leemz100
    @Leemz100 6 років тому +11

    Seve was famous for coughing and playing with the velcro on his glove while others were hitting. His gamesmanship antics are legendary. I know he was some kind of god to the Euros but, frankly, I could never stand the man.

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому +1

      Johnny Threebullcocks...... He’d have to catch me first....Oh , and the by the way Johnny Three Bullcocks , I may be cunty..... but NOBODY calls me fat ......I’m fucking with you bro ....😂😂😂😂😎😎😎

    • @anthonyotero9175
      @anthonyotero9175 6 років тому +2

      Golf is a gentleman’s game, I agree that he should of just have given Price the putt. Seve, in my eyes is not a legend. Jack Nicklaus was and would have given him the putt

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      Anthony Otero Thank you...

    • @bradcarter5403
      @bradcarter5403 5 років тому +2

      @@anthonyotero9175 Jack would have gave him the putt without question! Jack Nicklaus wanted to beat his opponents. Never once did he want anything free. Never once would he have accepted a win that way

    • @bradcarter5403
      @bradcarter5403 5 років тому +1

      Seve was one of the greats, but honestly all of Europe are too high on their individual golfers. People just dont understand that someone say Tom Watson would be the greatest European golfer ever he was born anywhere in Europe. He is what the 4th or 5th best American all time? Forget Ryder Cup results.. I am talking about individual wins and majors.

  • @susanmohammadi8908
    @susanmohammadi8908 7 місяців тому

    Seve the love of my life

  • @optimisticcosmic
    @optimisticcosmic 6 років тому +1

    numerous accounts of Seve being a scumbag yet he still is adored. People are stupid.

    • @BOO66IOU
      @BOO66IOU 2 роки тому

      Yet tiger is adored by many

  • @moemanncann895
    @moemanncann895 5 років тому +1

    All due respect to seve,R.I.P . Gamesmanship had a lot to do with his success in match play, along with a stellar short game, but karma goes both ways. ' 86 masters when a deafening Jack roar put him off and donked one in the drink at 15... Never the same after that

  • @bydacoola
    @bydacoola Рік тому

    1,000 likes come on lets go!!!!!!!

  • @vika0194
    @vika0194 6 років тому

    Where is the cake?

  • @michaelmuldowney8
    @michaelmuldowney8 6 років тому +7

    Seve always seem to develop a cough during Ryder Cup week as well.

  • @madmartigan3921
    @madmartigan3921 5 років тому

    Not a fan of stuff like this, really hope it was unintentional.

  • @hebber1961
    @hebber1961 6 років тому +1

    Bring fruitcake to add weight to your bag, not to eat.

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      NoIsaidposse Keeps your bag propped up too and also works wonderfully as a door stop or coffee table leveler 😂😂😂😂

  • @jamesmurray3128
    @jamesmurray3128 6 років тому

    Back when HUGO BOSS clothing was made in Germany. Not like the garbage that's made today.

  • @12121149
    @12121149 6 років тому +1

    Notice the huge crowd,before Tiger?????,came along,?????????

    • @ivanboesky1520
      @ivanboesky1520 6 років тому

      Pete Smith burp

    • @BOO66IOU
      @BOO66IOU 2 роки тому +1

      Tigers crowd were all the women he was er.. Seeing

  • @mahavishnuorchestra
    @mahavishnuorchestra 7 років тому +1

    A European Tour player confirmed, that Ballesteros was not a nice person at all. For sure he was a genious with regards to recovery shots from all sorts of impossible lies...

    • @lacoronasl
      @lacoronasl 4 роки тому

      1000 players of the european tour confirmed that Ballesteros was a magnificent person and the best player. We will accept the comment of one.

    • @mahavishnuorchestra
      @mahavishnuorchestra 4 роки тому

      @@lacoronasl Much appreciated! I got this information from a Spanish pro, who played with Seve on the European Tour in the 70s/80s.
      But frankly what do I know!
      Maybe my 'source' just had a personal problem with Seve, nevermind...

  • @crfdln
    @crfdln 4 роки тому

    Seve Ballesteros was one of the biggest frauds and cheaters in pro golf....and there are plenty of other stories similar to this one. If he had any spirit of the game at all, he would have given Nick Price the putt. The fact that Price made the putt doesn't diminish the unsportsmanlike conduct of Ballesteros. Not quite as bad as Sergio spitting in the holes...but close. These ppl are uncouth.

  • @23lnp
    @23lnp 6 років тому +6

    Tiger wouldve ripped seve apart

    • @ultraextreme8228
      @ultraextreme8228 6 років тому +8

      Tiger was too busy ripping cheeks apart!

    • @hedonismunderstands2469
      @hedonismunderstands2469 6 років тому

      you're having a laugh, innit...

    • @DoctorWilsonPHD
      @DoctorWilsonPHD 6 років тому +1

      Hand DOWN !!! Best comment I have ever read. Good night !

    • @Phi1l
      @Phi1l 6 років тому +2

      Tiger's a better golfer - his record shows that, but Sergio's beaten Tiger before in matchplay & Seve was more successful than Sergio so think they were a bit closer than Tiger ripping Seve apart.

    • @philmontejano5971
      @philmontejano5971 5 років тому

      Tiger got beat up by his ex wife.
      Seve would break him in half

  • @WildWing-wl7nj
    @WildWing-wl7nj 6 років тому +5

    As if that was Seve's only cough infraction. He developed a cough every Ryder Cup.

  • @campbellblack2340
    @campbellblack2340 6 років тому +1

    More interestingly did seve enjoy the cake ?

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      Campbell Black The only cakes he truly deserves judging from his asshole antics , are used urinal cakes 😂😂😂😂

  • @robertsharp5863
    @robertsharp5863 2 роки тому

    Legend

  • @alexchancock
    @alexchancock 6 років тому +1

    The whole thing would have been worth it had it ended with "that's just what happened on the course, later that night Seve got battered and ended up running around the putting green with his pants down and fell on one of those little flags and it penetrated him"

  • @michaellingle1
    @michaellingle1 6 років тому +4

    Spare me lionizing Seve . . . I was at Augusta during Seve's first competitive round. On the first hole, he pushed his drive 10 yards past the fairway bunker, but, 35 yards right of the bunker, deep in the trees. He stalked out to the fairway and then came back and looked at his ball right up against a tree. No real option other than returning to the tee and hitting his third shot. Did that happen? No. Seve proceeded to badger first a Marshall, later a Rules Official all with very broken language. What he was contending was the camera tower on the right side of #1 green was in his line of play and he was entitled to relief. What a joke. Both the Marshall and R O told him "No". He pretended he didn't understand and proceeded to take a free drop and went on to par the hole. Also, Tom Watson, playing partner, well-known self-righteous rules/etiquette enforcer (ask McCord or Player), FAILED to come over and weigh in on the dispute to 'protect the field'. I was there. Seve was a disgrace to the game.

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      What a Snake .... Overrated player in my opinion, “Oooohhhh you can hit it out of tall grass or from underneath some shitty bush ..... nobody cares .....Tigers’ short game was always light years ahead along with several others as well .

    • @philmontejano5971
      @philmontejano5971 5 років тому +3

      Seve could beat most golfers with one club genius

    • @GeorgeVenturi
      @GeorgeVenturi 4 роки тому +2

      I was there too and you and the Marshall told me that Seve was right. Seve is the greatest golfer of all time.

    • @michaellingle1
      @michaellingle1 4 роки тому

      So, you were there . . . so, what was Seve's tee-time? If you were there, you obviously know that.

    • @michaellingle1
      @michaellingle1 4 роки тому

      @@philmontejano5971 Yeah, sure if he had enough change in his pocket that he could rattle during his opponent's backswing. Totally classless jerk.

  • @leecox9453
    @leecox9453 5 років тому

    Lee mcllum

  • @norrispg
    @norrispg 6 років тому +2

    Nicklaus would've conceded the hole when he coughed

  • @udubidub
    @udubidub 7 років тому +1

    & that's a good story ?

  • @drewster85
    @drewster85 6 років тому +2

    Does this "top caddy" understand matchplay much less, competition at all? What are you saying by giving Price that putt? You can't be a nice guy and expect to win. Doesn't matter how it happened. Giving Price the putt would consummate a show of weakness all around. Bad enough Seve made a mistake, and unfortunate as it is, you don't make concessions on that level or any level of golf

    • @A-FrameWedge
      @A-FrameWedge 6 років тому +1

      drewster85 Seve made no mistake he was famous for coughing in someone’s backswing.

    • @ivanboesky1520
      @ivanboesky1520 6 років тому

      drewster85 burp

    • @jamesroboyle
      @jamesroboyle 6 років тому

      Match play is all about Psychological Warfare with some opponents. Ballesteros is a good example of that . Total asshole with no respect.

  • @billryan8042
    @billryan8042 7 років тому

    Hets a foot behind it, doofs it! 2:06

  • @izzy0210
    @izzy0210 6 років тому

    A very dull story

  • @adamgrimsley2900
    @adamgrimsley2900 6 років тому +11

    One of the most boring anecdotes of all time.

  • @cestrian5294
    @cestrian5294 4 роки тому

    Good Jon Seve never got on Who wants be a millionaire?

  • @JN-xn1zp
    @JN-xn1zp 6 років тому +4

    You've just proved how boring golf is. Zzzzzzzz

    • @dontbetonit813
      @dontbetonit813 6 років тому +2

      J Lo so why did you watch it all and then comment?

    • @JN-xn1zp
      @JN-xn1zp 6 років тому +1

      Sam Wise thank you for taking an interest in my opinion. I was very drunk at the time of this comment and was sat like am now, taking a shit. If you enjoy getting golf I'm sorry if my opinion offended you. Oh well back to work. Poo over.

    • @JonMcG
      @JonMcG 6 років тому

      And YOUVE just proven how ignorantly rude some humans can be.

    • @JN-xn1zp
      @JN-xn1zp 6 років тому

      John jsmit and you've just proven how illiterate you are. Ha Ha.

    • @JonMcG
      @JonMcG 6 років тому +1

      illiterate ? Oh please defend your premise