BRIEF-Golf-Ballesteros made honorary member of St Andrews

LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Five-times major champion Seve Ballesteros was made an honorary member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews on Wednesday -- the course where he won the Open in 1984.

"I am greatly honoured to accept Honorary Membership of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews," the 52-year-old said in a statement. "I sincerely hope that I will be able to come back next year and be part of the 150th Anniversary of The Open Championship."

Ballesteros won three Open Championships and twice at the Masters but it was his fist-pumping celebrations on the Old Course in 1984 that stands out as a defining moment in his glittering career.

He was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumour last year which has required four operations but has since resumed playing.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Alison Wildey.

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