The man and the stories behind some of golf's iconic images

Seve's dance. Rory's roar. Tiger's fist pumps.

In more than 50 years of covering sport, I've been fortunate enough to take some of golf's most iconic photographs. While my career was kickstarted by a split-second snap that captured Seve Ballesteros' famous celebration at the 1984 Open Championship, others have taken meticulous planning. Last year at Augusta National, I was setting up at 06:15, almost 12 hours before Rory McIlroy's Masters-winning moment, to make sure I was in the perfect spot to capture his emotion as he completed the career Grand Slam by claiming his first Green Jacket.

And, while I've been privileged to photograph all 15 of Tiger Woods' major victories, one image in particular took months of planning. Here are a selection of my favourite images - and the stories behind them. Seve's celebration This was taken at my first major championship in 1984 and turned into a hugely influential picture.

I was covering the final day for the Observer newspaper, and I came away with perhaps the most iconic moment of Seve Ballesteros' career - which is many people's favourite picture from the modern era of golf. Only a few photographers caught this split-second moment when all the elements came together - where his right arm is, the angle of the putter, the position of his legs, his facial expression. There is always an element of luck to every great picture but I had been taking photos at sporting events for about a decade by this point so I had some experience of where to position myself and what to look out for.