Seve Ballesteros was last night asked to appear before the European Tour players' committee to discuss his claims of a vendetta against him by the 'PGA Mafia'.
Ballesteros' behaviour during the Italian Open earlier this month, when he changed his scorecard so a penalty for slow play was not included and then alleged he was the victim of a continuing 'war', was discussed by his fellow players during their annual meeting in Hamburg last evening.
After three hours of discussions committee chairman Mark James emerged to reveal Ballesteros would be asked to meet the committee members before next week's flagship Volvo PGA championship at Wentworth.
"We would like to see what he is thinking and where he is coming from," said James.
"We gave the topic due consideration and decided the committee members would like to see him, without anyone else present, and hopefully that will take place before the players' AGM next Wednesday," said James.
"We could have fined him but we wanted to talk to Seve and find out his feelings towards the tour and the perceived conspiracy against him."
Meanwhile El Saler in Valencia will stage the third edition of the Seve Trophy from November 7th-9th this year. A 10-man team from Continental Europe, captained by Seve Ballesteros, will attempt to regain the trophy lost to Britain and Ireland at Druids Glen in April last year.
"This is a special day for me and for Spanish golf," Ballesteros said yesterday. "After the editions that took place in England and Ireland, my wish was to bring the event to my country."
The top eight players on those rankings will qualify for the Ryder Cup-style contest alongside captains Colin Montgomerie and Ballesteros, who will each have one wild card. The winning team will collect a150,793 each with a69,815 for the losers.
Meanwhile, Swede Fredrik Jacobson has won the European Tour's Asprey Golfer of the Month award for April.
In his first tournament for 10 weeks because of a wrist injury, Jacobson won the Algarve Portuguese Open, chipping in three times in his final round. He began the week with a course-record 64.
It was the 50th victory by a Swedish golfer on the circuit.