For a man about to face to most high profile week of his golfing career, Jose Maria Olazabal sounded remarkably relaxed as he packed his bags yesterday after his final round in the BMW Italian Open. Why not ? He was about to make the short trip home from Turin to Fuenterrabia in Northern Spain having just shot a seven-under par 65, his lowest score in a tournament for three years. There was also the huge personal satisfaction to be taken from that eight-birdie round given that a decade ago he was wracked with pain from an arthritic foot condition which almost forced the two-time Masters Champion to quit the game. However, as he spends his last week before facing the glaring spotlights as Europe's Ryder Cup captain quietly fishing Olazabal believes he has one huge obstacle to overcome. He is more than happy with the form of his 12-man team having seen Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia recently win on the US Tour and having watched close up as Paul Lawrie took the Johnnie Walker and Peter Hanson the KLM Open titles in Europe. Furthermore having assembled a Medinah back-room staff of possible future Ryder Cup captains in Paul McGinley, Darren Clarke, Thomas Bjorn and Miguel Angel Jimenez, he knows he will have some powerful characters to call upon should the defence of the victory two years ago at Celtic Manor start to go awry. However, he also know that neither the likes of McIlroy nor a great golfing