"If the committee decides it's going to be me as the next captain, I need to talk with them beforehand to see how we can solve the possible inconvenience that I may not be on the Tour playing that much."

You have to love Jose Maria Olazabal's honesty about his health and prospects to serve as 2012 European Ryder Cup captain if asked.

"I have been thinking about it for a long while and that's why I put the issue on the table. So I can see the situation where I will have to say 'no' and that will be only because of my health.

"But if they appoint me I somehow have to be close to the players, somehow be able to compete alongside them, talk to them, to see how they think, and just be close to the Tour through the qualifying process."

Eh, just got a satellite dish and sign him up I say. The players couldn't stand Monty and he got along okay, so why not Ollie who they like?