Bjorn again on top of his game
Few would have bet against the Dane making the side at the turn of the year before everything went pearshaped and eventually the only role he was left to play at Oakland Hills was as one of Bernhard Langer's assistant captains. Langer wasn't trying to revitalise Bjorn's career when offering him the job, rather he believed that somebody of his age had something to give to the team, and if that helped his own rejuvenation at the same time, so much the better.
That's exactly how it worked out. Hugely supportive of all the players and his captain during the Ryder Cup, Thomas returned with his mind free of the "demons" that devoured him in mid-season and caused him to walk off the course and out of the Smurfit European Open at The K-Club.
