Found January 21, 2012 on
Devil Ball Golf:
PLAYERS:
Nicolas Colsaerts,
Pablo Martin,
Charl Schwartzel,
Retief Goosen,
Louis Oosthuizen,
Padraig Harrington,
Jose Maria Olazabal
Jose Maria Olazabal wasn't hoping to make a splash at the European Tour's Volvo Champions event. Captain of the 2012 European Ryder Cup team, most figured the Spaniard would spend much of his limited tournament schedule getting intel on potential bubble players for the upcoming event.
However, after three rounds of golf at Fancourt Links in South Africa, it appears Olly may have different plans. At 45 years old and ranked 596th in the world, the two-time Masters winner wasn't on anybody's radar ... until he decided to turn back the clock and get within two shots of co-leaders Nicolas Colsaerts and Branden Grace going into Sunday's final round.
Let's be clear: nobody, not even Olly himself, is calling this a comeback. After battling rheumatism over the last couple of years and being forced to limit his schedule, most assumed his game would never be the same again.
But the great thing about golf is that even great players on the back-end of their playing career...
Original Story:
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