Quintin Jardine's blog

To all the people who cheered when our players’ shots found sand or water and when their putts lipped out.

To all the people who laughed when one of our guys babied a chip.

Most of all to the guy who shouted ‘**** you, Seve!’ beside the 16th tee on Saturday afternoon.

To all of you, a thousand thanks, for without your added inspiration, our Ryder Cup team might not have done it.

But they did, and now they are legends, especially the bug-eyed monster that is Ian Poulter, the terrible time-keeper that is Rory McIlroy, the slightly bewildered forty-something that is Paul ‘Chippy’ Lawrie, the emotional wreck that Jose-Maria Olazabal became, and the lad who turned into Martin Kaymer again when it really, really mattered.