MY ALL TIME SPORTING HERO
‘I have been incredibly lucky in getting to know sports stars personally, but I have and will only have one all-time sporting hero – Severiano Ballesteros. As a golfer there is no way to describe how exciting he was to photograph. I became a close friend, and I am so proud to honestly say that the two images below (left and centre) are without doubt the two images that defined his career. This is followed by my favourite image of him at home on the beach at Pedrena in Northern Spain, where he would hit the first shots of his life with a 3 iron and pebbles.’
SERGIO GARCIA IS CHASED MY MICHAEL JORDAN AT THE 1999 ALFRED DUNHILL CUP AT ST ANDREWS
‘Earlier in the round I heard Jordan say to Garcia “Do you want a running race boy?” So I made sure I was always 200 yards ahead of them just in case – and sure enough I got lucky!’