Seve Ballesteros' son Javier proved a chip off the old block by shooting a 67 in round one of the Peugeot Alps de Catalunya.

The round came on the same Sant Cugat course where his late father played his first professional tournament in 1974 and put Javier in a tie for fifth place in the Spanish Peugeot Tour event.

A law student in Madrid, Ballesteros junior has a handicap of 0.4 and has still to make a decision on whether to turn professional.

"I have to finish university - it is something my parents have always told me to do, specially my father," he said.

"I have no pressure for being Seve's son at all. I have nothing to demonstrate anybody, just me."

Javier certainly has big shoes to fill, should he decide to follow his father into professional golf.

A recent survey carried out among PGA Tour players by American magazine 'Golf Digest' rated five-time major winner Seve as the greatest of all-time when it comes to short-game skills and bunker play.

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