Olazabal’s men summon spirit of Seve in Medinah miracle

When Jose Maria Olazabal delivered his final team speech on Saturday night, he would have been buoyed by the late heroics of his men who, for much of the day, looked and performed like a dispirited bunch of also rans.

While his pride would have been dented by the gulf in the performances between the two teams over the opening days, now was not the time to abandon his trait of never giving up.

Instead, it was time to invoke the spirit of Seve Ballesteros, empowering them to find a way out of the hole that they had dug for themselves.