Ryder Cup Spat Settled: Hanson And Ollie Make Up

You may recall that Captain Communication neglected to tell Peter Hanson his playing status in Saturday afternoon's four-balls at Medinah until about 15 minutes before Hanson would have needed to be ready to go.

Hanson blasted Jose Maria Olazabal's communication skills but now the two have sat down in China and agreed where Hanson will send his Christmas card to the captain after all, reports Fatiha Betscher.

“So I do understand where Peter is coming from and the best thing is that we left Medinah as a team, a winning team, and we will still be a team.

“I don’t take his comments personal even though it was tough on him.  But then it was tough on me because I would have loved the opportunity of what I did on the Friday.

“And at the end of the day we got the fantastic result we needed, so I am looking forward now to receiving that Christmas card from Peter, and many more Christmas cards.”

By the way did you know Europe did not merely retain the Ryder Cup, they won it?

That modest reminder from the Captain, who was not content with a tie due to "rules being rules," and who missed a golden opportunity for a historic sportsmanship opportunity, may surpass Monty's career total of Captain-win-reminders by...Christmas.

“The three vice-captains here, and I know Thomas (Bjorn) is not competing this week, but they knew how much it meant to me to win the Ryder Cup,” said Olazabal.

“But in the list of my achievements in my career, including my two Major wins, to win the Ryder Cup was unbelievable and it ranks Number One."

Comments

[chico]

can't wait for Gleneagles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Stord]

Olazabal will go down in history as one of the greatest captains of all time - if only he'd get another chance to repeat his triumph.

[No Longer Used to be Former Stack & Tilt Convert]

Geoff, if Tiger had conceded Molinari's par putt before he played his 3rd or even 4th, I would be with you. But Molinari cannot concede a 4 footer while expecting to putt a 3 1/2 footer.

[DTF]

Spot on S&T.

Gotta putt em all if my opponent deems that the case, just part if the deal.

[Stord]

Don't bite guys ;)

[Amen Coroner]

Geoff played in the RC?

[elf]

I was quite amused when during the Malaysia broadcast on Thurs when the European on course commentator said as Tiger was standing over a 4ft (or something like that), but of course no matter how many he makes he'll always remember the crucial one he missed during the Ryder Cup. Still trying to figure out which crucial one that was :)

[fyg]

I would bet that a lot of Euros actually think that Tiger was really trying hard on that final putt at Medinah.

[Geoff]

These cries about my being upset are quite hysterical. They remind me of what some Americans told Europeans after Brookline! And we know how well the European continent has handled that defeat!

[Fiber]

Geoff, you're an idiot