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Ballesteros, who has suffered from back problems since the 1990s, announced his retirement at a press conference at Carnoustie on Monday, the scene of his British Open debut in 1975 at the age of 18.

"I gave away all my teenage years, I worked very hard from morning to night," said Ballesteros. "I put all my energy and effort into the game, my focus was 100% and I thought that was enough. I have a number of good years ahead and I would like to spend more time with my three children."

He added: "Javier is scratch, Miguel is a three handicap and three weeks ago I convinced my girl (Carmen, like his ex-wife) to play. Who knows, maybe one day I'll caddie with one of them and become the manager."

His eldest son caddied for him at Hoylake last year in what proved to be an Open farewell without anybody knowing it. Not even Ballesteros himself.

"Obviously my priorities will be my children, my family, my friends and my companies," he said.

"Definitely this is not a real 'goodbye'. This is 'I'll see you later' because I will continue to be involved with the game that gave me so much."