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Ryder Cup legend Bernard Gallacher talks to Sky Sports about the Medinah Miracle

Image: Bernard Gallacher: Victorious Ryder Cup captain

It may have been a couple of weeks ago now, but Europe's remarkable Ryder Cup victory is still fresh in the mind and being talked about by golf fans all over the world - so for a final wrap-up we got the thoughts of 'Mr Ryder Cup' Bernard Gallacher.

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"I had some modest success whilst captain with pairings but most of the players I captained had solid partnerships and I didn't like to experiment with them too much, so it was a brave move." Gallacher himself led a victorious European fightback at Oak Hill in 1995, and he said Olazabal had no choice but to load the top of his singles order, but having the strongest European team in history certainly helped his cause. "I didn't do quite the same thing, we were two points behind but I was confident we could win our singles, Olazabal was four points behind so it actually made his job very easy," Gallacher added. "It made Davis Love's job easy as well as he knew Olazabal would have to put his very best players right at the top to try and claw it back so on this occasion tactics didn't really come into the singles, as we had no alternative but to lead off with our best players. "When it got down to ten Lee Westwood suddenly came good as he looked at the board and thought we could win it. Kaymer is a major winner and has been world number one, so that's why I say it was the best side Europe had ever had, if you can put the world's number three player and a former world number one down at ten and 11 then you've got some side. "Davis Love must have had a hunch that it would go down to the wire as he put Tiger last as a back stop. I'm not sure every captain would have done that as Tiger had played great during the week so you'd have to ask questions as to why he wasn't playing Tiger higher up to absolutely go for the victory." Bernard Gallacher is an ambassador for Golf Care, the UK's #1 golf insurer - www.golfcare.co.uk

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