2. Seve Ballesteros
If Ian Fleming had written in Spanish, he could have modeled James Bond on Ballesteros. Seve, a five-time major champion, was bold, dashing, reckless and unabashedly ruthless. "He goes after a golf course like a lion at a zebra," wrote Jim Murray. ("If you ever feel sorry for somebody on a golf course, you better go home," Ballesteros explained. "If you don't kill them, they'll kill you.") But like Bond, Seve had more than a license to kill; he also had an abundance of roguish charm and sex appeal.