European Team captain, Jose Maria Olazabal produced his lowest score in three years on the final day of the BMW Italian Open and then  assured the golf world there would not be a repeat of mindless °Opening Ceremony° remarks delivered by Nick Faldo four years ago at Valhalla.

Olazabal bogeyed the first but then birdied three in a row on route to a seven under par 65 for a seven under par tally.

Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano made ammends in missing out on Ryder Cup selection winning a second BMW Italian Open in six years by two strokes with a last round 64 for a 24-under par tally.

South African Garth Mulroy (67) second on 22-under par and the Ryder Cup duo of Nicolas Colsaerts and Martin Kaymer, both with 67s, sharing fifth place on 18-under par.

Jose Maria Olazabal’s only bogey heading to the Ryder Cup is dealing with the speeches. (Photo – Stuart Adams/www.golffile.ie)

Olazabal will spend this coming week resting at his home in Fuenterrabia before heading to London over the weekend and then joining just three team members – London-based Francesco Molinari, Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts and Scotlands Paul Lawrie – aboard next Monday’s special charter from London Heathrow to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.

But while the Spaniard, who is heading to his 10th Ryder Cup, is delighted with the form of his 12 players he only fear seems the formality of the occasion.

“That’s why I am taking this week off. I am going to stay at home, just relax, chill out, make a few calls, check everything’s in place,” he said.

“I’ll also be talking to the PGA people, to my team, to see everything is spot on.

“Thomas Bjorn and Jamie Spence are travelling to Chicago on Thursday, so they’ll be on site from Friday and they will give me some information on the set-up of the course.

“There is some other things I need to do plus I’ll be keeping an eye on how the boys are playing in Atlanta. You know, those little things.”

And with now just over a week before competition commences is also speeches and especially those at the Opening Ceremony and beamed to millions around the globe, that also keeping Olazabal awake.

Four years ago, Faldo made a mockery of the Opening Ceremony introducing triple Major winning saying : ‘Padraig Harrington – He’s hit more golf balls than potatoes grown in Ireland’, and naming Soren Hansen as Soren Stenson’.

And while Faldo bought shieks of disgust, you can be assured Olazabal will bring tears of sorrow to those watching with assured reference to his late, great friend Seve Ballesteros.

Olazabal did that in 2009 in being inducted two years ago into the World Golf Hall of Fame and also at Celtic Manor in addressing the European side.

“The speeches are the part I feel more uncomfortable with,” he said.

“Obviously, they’re not our cup of tea in the sense we are not used to doing that week-out, week-in, and talking in front of millions of people.

“I won’t tell you if I’ve written my speech but it’s tough as you don’t want to forget anyone, you have to thank the right people.

“I know Sam (Torrance) got some coaching, so it’s not easy. As players we are used to hitting tee shots, chips and putts and there’s nothing really to fear but making speeches? Well, that’s different.

”I feel I’ve been okay up to now and hopefully I’ll be okay when I get to Medinah and I won’t make a mess of it.”