Funeral of Golf legend Severiano Ballesteros

Описание: (11 May 2011)
1. Wide funeral procession with lone bagpiper approaching church, some members of local rowing team holding oars
2. Close up of urn holding ashes of Severiano Ballesteros carried by his children
3. Wide of golf stars Nick Faldo (tall man with dark hair at back), Colin Montgomerie (blond hair) Sam Torrance (moustache) and Miguel Angel Jimenez (sunglasses) walking towards church
4. Wide of funeral procession arriving at church
5. Close up of woman crying
6. Wide of people watching service outside
7. Various of people watching service outside on big screen
8. Wide of funeral procession leaving church
9. Close up of urn holding ashes of Ballesteros
10. Family and friends leaving church
11.SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Torrance, golfer:
"He was a great man, it is very sad, it is a sad day. It's a beautiful send-off for him. He was so young."
12. Wide of media
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Woosnam, golfer:
"For European golf especially, you know, what he done. He got the tour to what it is today and he put Europe on the map really, going travelling around the world, especially to America. Part of the Ryder Cup... it's one of the biggest events in the world now and that is because of Seve really and Europeans joining us."
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Faldo, golfer:
"For the whole of my career there were certain shots that I used to play that was Seve, it was me imitating Seve. How he would put his hands low, how he would make his swing. That will live on in all of us. I'll make sure I'll do a good job in passing a few of those Seve bunker shots on."
15. Wide funeral procession moving away from church, people applauding
STORYLINE
With the sound of a bagpipe filling the air, some of Europe's greatest golfers joined family, friends and local residents on Wednesday for the funeral of Seve Ballesteros in his native fishing village in northern Spain.
Ryder Cup captains Nick Faldo, Colin Montgomerie, Sam Torrance and Jose Maria Olazabal marched together in silence as part of the procession from Ballesteros' family home to the church of San Pedro de Pedrena.
Ballesteros, a five-time major winner and Ryder Cup stalwart who revived European golf, died Saturday at age 54 from complications of a cancerous brain tumour.
Ballesteros' oldest son, Javier, carried the urn holding the Spanish golf great's ashes at the front of the procession, with the wail of a single bagpipe punctuating the occasion on an overcast day in the tiny village off the Bay of Santander.
The procession also included several young boys and girls wearing a replica of the navy blue outfit that Ballesteros wore for his first British Open win in 1979. They each held a 3-iron, the first club he used as a child.
Members of a local men's rowing team marched with their oars.
The large crowd outside the church burst into applause as Ballesteros' ashes reached the tiny church, which was filled to its 400-person capacity.
Locals, friends and others watched from one of the three giant screens set up outside.
"He was a great man, it is very sad, it is a sad day. It's a beautiful sending off for him. He was so young," said golfer Sam Torrance outside the church.
Ballesteros' ashes were to be laid to rest under a magnolia tree in the family garden after the service.
The golf great had a record 50 European Tour victories and successes as both a Ryder Cup player and captain.

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