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If you think about Tiger Woods and Seve Ballesteros, you think of two of the most creative golfers to ever pick up a club.

The duo racked up 20 major championship wins between them but crucially, they were both pioneers of the game and showed flair in their golf shots few had ever seen.

Of course, to win the amount of tournaments Seve and Tiger did means you need to do a lot of things right in the golf swing.

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However, while most golfers will have a set swing pattern, when it came to Seve Ballesteros, he had something that Johnny Miller believed separated him from the rest.

So much so, that Miller himself labelled it the ‘future of golf’.

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What Seve Ballesteros did with his golf swing that was so unique

When we look at the modern golfer and their swings, we can all pick up on different facets that make them stand up.

For example, Scottie Scheffler’s footwork puts him out on his own, while we’ve all seen Jim Furyk and his own unique style be successful.

However, when it comes to Seve Ballesteros, Johnny Miller has explained previously how the Spaniard didn’t just have the one swing.

“The thing that Seve did, and Tiger picked up on it, is he had more than one swing. That really is the key and I believe it’s the future of golf,” Miller said.

“Offer one platform but with a lot of different follow through positions. He had a crossover hook, he had a helicopter finish, he had a punch shot, a full follow through and off of that he could hit a number of hooks, cuts, fades if he was in trouble.

“And off that he had the high follow through, then the helicopter for a high cut then the crossover for a high hook. Seve had the same backswing on every shot but as he came through the ball he would manifest his follow through. He was one of the first golfers who didn’t have a primary shot and the second part of it, he was willing to try those shots more than anyone else.”

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What Phil Mickelson said about Seve Ballesteros’ short-game

With Miller discussing Ballesteros’ overall golf swing here, it is a nice change from the usual narrative we see around the Spaniard’s short-game brilliance.

Ballesteros is widely regarded as one of the best to ever do it when it comes to those shots close to the green.

In fact, so much so, that Phil Mickelson regards Ballesteros as the best to ever do it.

“I don’t know Rory’s short game specifically, but he’s got a pretty good short game, and a lot of guys on tour really do. I think the best short game I’ve ever seen was Seve Ballesteros,” Mickelson has said.“

He played with that charisma and the go-for-it style; his technique and feel and touch and creativeness, the ability to see shots before he tried to play [them].”

With the modern golfer needing a bit of everything in their locker to be successful, taking from Ballesteros both with his swing and short-game is a good starting point.