{"id":424544,"date":"2026-01-21T22:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424544\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:44:29","slug":"mystery-as-statue-honoring-late-golfing-legend-suddenly-disappears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424544\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery As Statue Honoring Late Golfing Legend Suddenly Disappears"},"content":{"rendered":"

MADRID, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Spanish authorities have launched an investigation following the disappearance of a statue commemorating golfer Seve Ballesteros from his hometown of Pedrena, located near Santander in northern Spain\u2019s Cantabria region.<\/p>\n

The Marina de Cudeyo Town Council confirmed the incident on Sunday through their social media accounts, describing the disappearance as \u201can unfortunate event\u201d and suggesting foul play.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything indicates that it was a theft,\u201d the council stated.<\/p>\n

The statue, which has been a focal point in tiny Pedrena as a tribute to Ballesteros\u2019 enduring legacy, vanished sometime over the weekend, local police told Reuters, indicating that they are now working to identify those responsible and recover the tribute.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe late Seve Ballesteros pictured holding the Ryder Cup in 1997.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone has observed any suspicious activity, especially in the last 24 hours, please report it to the police,\u201d the town council urged in a post on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The life-size statue of the late golfer was located in La Barquer\u00eda Park and was created in 2009 by sculptor Salvador Garc\u00eda Ceballos.<\/p>\n

It was permanently installed in 2017.<\/p>\n

The statue is made of bronze and depicts him in one of his most characteristic poses, with his fist raised in a triumphant gesture after winning the 1984 British Open at St Andrews. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MADRID, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Spanish authorities have launched an investigation following the disappearance of a statue commemorating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,58163,82],"class_list":["post-424544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-seve-ballesteros","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}