Seve: "It's all right. Thank you for coming, Jaime. Goodbye."

In the July Golf Digest, Jaime Diaz writes about his final visit to see Seve Ballesteros. Besides pointing out he died younger than any giant of the game since Young Tom, Diaz reports that friends feel Seve's health slid after depression set in when doctors advised him to skip last year's Open Championship.

Leaving his home, I didn't think I was seeing Ballesteros for the last time. He had hidden the strain of the interview well, but when I went back to get my briefcase, I found him lying on a couch, his hand over his eyes. I apologized, and thanked him one more time.

"It's all right," he said. "Thank you for coming, Jaime. Goodbye."

As softly as possible, I closed the door.