The household of the late Seve Ballesteros have criticised the DP World Tour following the launch of the Hero Cup, a crew match play contest aimed toward boosting Europe’s bid to regain the Ryder Cup.
yder Cup captain Luke Donald will oversee the occasion in Abu Dhabi from January 13-15 together with two taking part in captains, with two 10-man groups competing in foursomes, fourballs and singles and all 20 gamers collaborating in every session.
The competitors successfully fills the hole left by the Seve Trophy, which was held eight occasions between 2000 and 2013 and gave captaincy expertise to future Ryder Cup skippers Colin Montgomerie, Jose Maria Olazabal, Nick Faldo, Paul McGinley and Thomas Bjorn.
Ballesteros, who died from issues of a cancerous mind tumour in 2011, additionally captained the European facet 4 occasions, together with to a one-point victory within the inaugural occasion at Sunningdale in 2000.
The five-time main winner’s son Javier wrote on Twitter: “Final October an ET participant got here to me to say that European Tour was fascinated by bringing Seve Trophy again (I used to be very completely happy about this).
“I heard nothing extra about it till solely someday earlier than the announcement was made, when ET contacted me to let me know there was a “new” match play occasion – being this an actual copy of The Seve Trophy – and needed my dad to be concerned not directly.
“We clearly stated NO. We don’t need something out of this, however solely The Seve Trophy again, not a replica of it.
“We consider our dad deserves one thing higher from The European Tour, given the unconditional help he all the time gave to The European Tour and the legacy he left behind.”
The European Tour was rebranded because the DP World Tour in November final yr.
The DP World Tour has been contacted for a response.
