Ten years on from the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah, Nicolas Colsaerts can still scarcely believe what took place in Illinois.
The big-hitting Belgian was the only rookie on the European team that year, having been picked as one of Jose Maria Olazabal’s two captain’s picks.
Recounting the events leading up to a modern sporting miracle, the details are still vividly clear in his mind.
“The last event where I could qualify was at Gleneagles,” he told bunkered.co.uk.
“I was trying to earn enough points to qualify and I finished around 20th or 30th. I showed good form and played pretty solid, but it wasn’t going to be enough to make the team on points.
“I was staying in Auchterarder that week with some friends and was having dinner on the Sunday night when Olazabal called me. He asked, ‘Where are you?’
“I told him I was just five minutes down the road, so he asked if I could go along and see him that night.”
Half an hour later, he was in a room in the Gleneagles Hotel with Olazabal, his vice-captains and the Ryder Cup committee.
“I walked into the room and it was like a scene from the Godfather. It was really cool. Olazabal said, ‘I would like you to come to Medinah with us,’ so of course I said yes.
“From the moment I was told I was going to be in the team, to the…
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