Some comebacks are just unnecessary. After this week's Madrid Open, we can add Seve Ballesteros to the list.

Absent from competition for the past two years due to injuries, Seve talked a good game heading into Madrid. "Winning is very possible," he told the AP.

Apparently the meds Seve took for his arthritic back have made him delusional. Forget about winning; making the cut wasn't even very possible. Seve's 77-73 left him at 8-over, and he missed the cut by 14 strokes, finishing next-to-last out of 119 golfers.

He'll always be revered by his fellow Spainards, but we've never been huge Seve fans in this space. Many fans like to mention Sergio Garcia and Ballesteros in the same breath, but that's disparaging to Garcia, who handles himself with more class than Seve ever has. Garcia's enthusiasm for the game is something to be admired, while Seve's antics through the years sadly turned him into a sideshow.

As much as I'd like to be wrong, Seve strikes me as a self-promoter milking his fame as he approaches 50. Instead of being a positive representative of the game long after he's played his best golf (see: Gary Player), Seve will always be most concerned about Seve. And those kind of comebacks we can do without.

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