Jose Maria Olazabal was all smiles after recording his lowest round in three years but said that will change quickly when his mind returns to the speeches he will give as the captain of Europe's Ryder Cup team.
Olazabal bogeyed the first but then birdied three in a row on the way to a seven-under 65 for a seven-under-par tally. His fellow Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano made amends for missing out on Ryder Cup selection by winning his second BMW Italian Open title in six years. He came in two strokes in front at 24 under, with a last- round 64.
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